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Zach Avery: the boy, 5, who wanted to be a girl – Telegraph
Posted on 21 February 2012.
Posted in Growing up, Kids0 Comments
The Wild West meets beauty pageants as Little Miss Silver Spurs rodeo queen is crowned – but where are the tantrums and competitive moms? | Mail Online
Posted on 16 February 2012.
For one night each year, the lights in the Kissimmee, Florida, Silver Spurs Arena shine down not on stamping bulls, unflinching cowboys and expert lasso technique, but on a group of pretty young girls in their very best ranch attire. The annual search to find Miss Silver Spurs and Little Miss Silver Spurs is very [...]
Posted in Kids, Toddlers, World News0 Comments
Teenage muggers jailed for attack on mother after judge reads heartbreaking witness letter from victim’s daughter, five | Mail Online
Posted on 02 February 2012.
A girl of five whose pregnant mother was mugged by two teenage thugs told a judge in a handwritten note that she saw one of them ‘hit the baby in her tummy’. The girl added that she hoped that Nathaniel Moffett and Thaberi Francis ‘don’t hurt any more people’. The pair assaulted the youngster’s mother [...]
Cameron’s daughter is budding entrepreneur who sold mince pies to his protection officers | Mail Online
Posted on 23 January 2012.
David Cameron has revealed that his daughter Nancy is a budding entrepreneur who sold mince pies to his protection officers for £1 each. At the launch of a new business campaign, the Prime Minister told how his eldest daughter asked to make the pies on New Year’s day and then flogged them to his detectives. [...]
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15 Kids and Counting, Channel 4, preview – Telegraph
Posted on 17 January 2012.
This new three-part series explores the sprawling lives of some of the UK’s biggest families. In tonight’s opener we meet Sue Radford from Morecambe in Lancashire, mother to 14 children. Sue is expecting another child in just a few months, and doesn’t rule out still more after that. “It’s usually when they’re between six and [...]
What a hair-o: Schoolgirl has 19in-long hair cut off to raise funds for cancer victims
Posted on 03 January 2012.
A schoolgirl who has never before had a haircut had 19 inches of her locks chopped off to be used to make wigs for children suffering with cancer.
The parenting gap: why French mothers prefer to use the firm smack of authority
Posted on 01 January 2012.
As a new book asks why French children don’t have tantrums, Kim Willsher, who has raised her own children in Paris, looks at contrasting views of family life
The miracle triplets: Sisters who doctors said would not survive pregnancy celebrate fourth birthday with a loving hug
Posted on 20 December 2011.
Miracle triplets Holly, Cara and Kate Thirkell share a loving hug – after defying doctors who said they would never live. The outlook for the trio was bleak from the moment they were conceived, with medics giving little hope of all three surviving until the end of their mother’ s pregnancy. At one point their [...]
Toybox tat bought for just £20 turned out to be £32,000 royal gem worn by Russian Czarina
Posted on 10 December 2011.
It cost just £20 and was a four-year-old’s plaything, but a toybox trinket has gone under the hammer for a staggering £32,000 after it was found to be a royal gem.
Family aims to raise £150,000 to save cancer victim Kacie
Posted on 29 November 2011.
Friends and relatives of a seriously ill girl are campaigning to raise £150,000 for life-saving treatment in Germany. Three-year-old Kacie Clough, pictured, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma last December and was given only a 60 per cent chance of survival. At first the 70 rounds of chemotherapy treatment that doctors gave her in hospital seemed to [...]
Toy prices are slashed as stores go to war in bid to attract Christmas shoppers
Posted on 29 November 2011.
Toy wars have broken out in Britain’s High Streets as the prices of children’s favourites have been slashed in a bid to entice cash-strapped parents to start spending, a new consumer watchdog report showed yesterday. With less than a month to go until Christmas, the festive shopping season is well underway and a vast array [...]
Posted in Holiday and Travel, KidsComments Off
Man held after girl dies in crash
Posted on 28 November 2011.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a four-year-old girl died and seven people were injured in a five-vehicle pile-up yesterday. The girl, from Birmingham, was travelling with her family on the M6 by junction 4a at Coleshill at 12.30am when four cars and a lorry collided. Two [...]
Posted in Bereavement and death, Internet Kids, KidsComments Off
Large families ‘protect’ mother’s health
Posted on 28 November 2011.
Having four or more babies may be good for you, research has shown, as mothers of large families were less likely to die of a stroke. Despite the stresses involved with having a large family, a study has found, that four or more children might be good for women. Research involving 1300 women in California [...]
Kids and swearing
Posted on 02 October 2011.
I swear, my children swear. Get over it, says Gill Sutherland
Posted in At School, Internet Kids, KidsComments Off
Friends with Kids – review
Posted on 21 September 2011.
Jennifer Westfeldt makes little use of her cast of Bridesmaids and Mad Men, but this unusual romance is explored perceptively
Posted in Divorce and children, Just Mums, Kids, Time Out, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Kids & Technology: The Developmental Health Debate
Posted on 10 August 2011.
How much screen time is appropriate for children? Should young kids be exposed to tech for any extended periods of time?
Posted in Health, Internet Kids, Kids, Random articlesComments Off
‘I DON’T!’ Kids become an internet sensation after video of marriage argument goes viral
Posted on 25 July 2011.
It’s an exchange likely to haunt him at his bachelor party… if he ever does walk down the aisle.
Posted in Family, Family matters, KidsComments Off
What kids want this summer …
Posted on 10 July 2011.
That’ll be spag-bol, acting lessons and scuba diving. Our travel experts have plenty of suggestions
Posted in Holiday and Travel, Kids, Time OutComments Off
Positive feedback gives kids with ADHD a head start
Posted on 05 June 2011.
POSITIVE feedback could help children at risk of attention problems excel at learning exercises, maybe even enabling them to overtake their peers.
Posted in Adhd, At School, Autism, Books and Reading, Family Health, Health, Kids, University and Gap yearComments Off
Jack Henderson in book deal for Sick Kids in Edinburgh
Posted on 25 May 2011.
A six-year-old boy, who raised thousands of pounds for an Edinburgh hospital with his drawings, has signed a book deal.
Posted in Babies, Book Reviews, Internet Kids, Just for Dads, Kids, ParentingComments Off
What are your tips for family cycling holidays?
Posted on 24 May 2011.
It’s the cheap way to get your kids into the fresh air and wear the blighters out – but where, and how, to do it?
Posted in Green Parenting, Holiday and Travel, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Adoption diary: Letting them act their age
Posted on 24 May 2011.
We tell our adopted kids it’s OK to be a baby once in a while
Posted in Adopting and Fostering, Babies, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Calls to fire Ronald McDonald divides consumers and parents
Posted on 20 May 2011.
A campaign led by health professionals in the US to stop marketing junk food to kids and fire Ronald McDonald has generated headlines around the world
Posted in Family Health, Food and Diet, Health, Internet Kids, Kids, Obesity, ParentingComments Off
Is Fun Kids the future of children’s radio?
Posted on 18 May 2011.
Despite the BBC axing CBeebies on Radio 7, Fun Kids shows children do want to listen to radio
Posted in At School, Internet Kids, Kids, Media and Celebrity, Parenting, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Hilary Duff ‘excited’ for kids
Posted on 18 May 2011.
Hilary Duff is “excited” at the prospect of starting a family.
Posted in Family, Internet Kids, Kids, Media and Celebrity, Parenting, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
‘I want to show my kids that one day I played with two legs’
Posted on 25 March 2011.
Brave 12-year-old’s last game before leg is amputated
Posted in Internet Kids, Just for Dads, Kids, Parenting, Sport and FitnessComments Off
‘I’ve lost all my kids but one’
Posted on 11 March 2011.
Agony of father whose seven children died when a huge fire tore through their farmhouse
Posted in Internet Kids, Just for Dads, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Diary of a separation
Posted on 05 March 2011.
No 4 The kids find out
Posted in Family, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Kids with low self-control are less successful adults
Posted on 27 January 2011.
Children who lack self-control are more likely to become adults with poor health and finances.
Posted in Family Health, Health, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Are we putting our kids under too much pressure?
Posted on 03 January 2011.
Has there ever been a more challenging time to be a child growing up in Britain?
Posted in Growing up, Kids, Random articlesComments Off
Video games get kids to eat more veg, fruit: study
Posted on 09 December 2010.
After being fingered as a key cause of the rising rate of US childhood obesity, video games got a reprieve Tuesday as a new study showed they can be used to encourage kids to eat healthier foods.
Posted in Family Health, Health, Internet Kids, Kids, Obesity, ParentingComments Off
Michael Gove should give kids a sporting chance
Posted on 05 December 2010.
Cutting sport in school now would be like scrapping the oven before Christmas, argues Jenny McCartney.
Posted in Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, Sport and FitnessComments Off
Save our kids from The X Factor!
Posted on 23 October 2010.
Save our kids from The X Factor!
Posted in Internet Kids, Kids, Media and Celebrity, Parenting, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
One in eight European kids upset by Internet content: poll
Posted on 22 October 2010.
One in eight European kids upset by Internet content: poll
Posted in Family Health, Health, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Scooter safety scheme for kids
Posted on 28 September 2010.
Scooter safety scheme for kids
Posted in Child Safety, Internet Kids, Kids, Learning, ParentingComments Off
Please Jools, no more kids!
Posted on 19 September 2010.
Please Jools, no more kids!
Posted in Family, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Get your kids to eat healthy with a few clicks
Posted on 17 August 2010.
Get your kids to eat healthy with a few clicks
Posted in Family Health, Health, Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, World NewsComments Off
Women aiming for the top are told: There’s no time for kids
Posted on 16 August 2010.
Women aiming for the top are told: There’s no time for kids
Posted in Family, Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, Working MumsComments Off
Pensions for kids are the latest fashion
Posted on 15 August 2010.
Pensions for kids are the latest fashion
Posted in Finance, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Car games for kids
Posted on 15 August 2010.
Car games for kids
Posted in Holiday and Travel, Internet Kids, Kids, Out and about, ParentingComments Off
Get tough with the kids who won’t leave
Posted on 11 August 2010.
Get tough with the kids who won’t leave
Posted in Internet Kids, Kids, Learning, ParentingComments Off
UN fears as 176 kids killed this year alone in Taliban bombs
Posted on 11 August 2010.
UN fears as 176 kids killed this year alone in Taliban bombs
Posted in Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, Tweens and Teens, World NewsComments Off
Tea’s ready? Tell the kids by text
Posted on 10 August 2010.
Tea’s ready? Tell the kids by text
Posted in Family, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
How the UK’s youngest Asbo kids got tamed – Exclusive
Posted on 03 August 2010.
How the UK’s youngest Asbo kids got tamed – Exclusive
Posted in Childcare, Growing up, Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, Tweens and TeensComments Off
Ten of the best … free activities for kids
Posted on 01 August 2010.
Ten of the best … free activities for kids
Posted in Holiday and Travel, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Privately-educated Michael Gove says ‘rich, thick kids’ do better than ‘poor, clever children’
Posted on 01 August 2010.
Privately-educated Michael Gove says ‘rich, thick kids’ do better than ‘poor, clever children’
Posted in Independent Schools, Internet Kids, Kids, Learning, ParentingComments Off
Family on bikes: Mom, are we nearly there yet?
Posted on 31 July 2010.
Family on bikes: Mom, are we nearly there yet?
Posted in Family, Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, Twins and multiplesComments Off
1,250 kids of 4 or under suspended
Posted on 31 July 2010.
1,250 kids of 4 or under suspended
Posted in At School, Internet Kids, Kids, Learning, Parenting, Sport and FitnessComments Off
5 best British family campsites
Posted on 31 July 2010.
5 best British family campsites
Posted in Holiday and Travel, Internet Kids, Kids, ParentingComments Off
Meet the NINE sets of twins born at one hospital in just two months
Posted on 28 July 2010.
Here’s looking at two, kids!
Posted in Family Health, Internet Kids, Kids, Parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Twins and multiplesComments Off
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- David O’Neill, 19, sacked by Chinese restaurant for being WHITE wins £5k race discrimination case | Mail Online
- Child rapists jailed for just 40 months – because a judge said their 11-year-old victim was ‘willing’ | Mail Online
- Examiners could be banned from attending seminars with teachers | Education | The Guardian
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- Aaron Booth, 2, died after mistaking mother’s poisonous plant food for a Fruit Shoot | Mail Online
- Children of addicts have a lot to lose | The Guardian
- BBC News – Alvechurch School coach crash: Son reunited with family
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