The United States apprehended nearly 49,000 family members at the U.S.-Mexico border between January and June of this year – more than twice as many as during the same time period last year.
Americans are having fewer babies — they told us why
Americans are having fewer babies. At first, researchers thought the declining fertility rate was because of the recession, but it kept falling even as the economy recovered. Now it has reached a record low for the second consecutive year.
Sounding an alarm over children’s mental health
In UK, the massive increase in young children receiving prescriptions for powerful stimulant drugs is both a very big warning signal and an indication that we need all to understand what gave rise to this pressure.
The joy of grandparenting
Other grandparents tell me how much more patient and attentive they’ve become, how much less anxious, how willing to be silly. Freed of the oppressive conviction that everything we do, or fail to do, shapes children’s futures, we can simply revel in being with them.
The dangers of distracted parenting
When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own.
UK: Primary school children affected by hygiene poverty
Primary school children are arriving for their lessons unwashed and in dirty clothes because their parents cannot afford to buy washing powder, soap or shampoo, according to a survey by a UK charity.