A couple from Manitoba province, Canada lost custody of their children when it was found about their attempts to impose Nazi beliefs and racists feelings on their children. Two children, a seven-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy were removed from their parents and are cared by the local Child and Family Services. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

IMSaferTM - IMSafer monitors the instant messenger conversations of your children to help you balance protecting your children and respecting their privacy. The IMSafer service will only notify you when your child is engaged in a potentially dangerous conversation on IM. At IMSafer, we have worked with law enforcement officials to learn how potential predators initiate, develop and maintain ina... read full post picked by MissParker 2 years ago

A lot of foods for children include artificial food color and additives (AFCAs). These AFCAs significantly increase hyperactive behaviors in children. The negative effect, brought by the AFCAs, can last till middle childhood. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

A Louisiana couple admitted giving an exotic bird to a woman in exchange for two children. The Romeros traded their cockatoo and $175 for the children picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

Obesity in young children is growing more and more in numbers all the time and it is not only these children that are suffering but the parents as well, children who are overweight are bullied and ridiculed all the time and also parents are being blamed picked by danswayuk 3 years ago

A new study appearing in Neurology and Urodynamics evaluates the use of a daytime diaper that uses a musical “wetting alarm” for children in day-care centers.

*WTF???they don't check the kids regulary?* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Heart breaking story of the day:

Two children of a Fort Bliss soldier flown back from Iraq with combat injuries are dead and a third is on life support following a car accident on the way to visit their father in the hospital. picked by proverb 2 years ago

Five children between the ages of three and nine were found dead in a house in the northern German village of Darry on Wednesday, police said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Police in Dallas, Texas say a woman and her live-in boyfriend locked three of her children inside a hotel bathroom for nearly a year with little food.
The stepfather, 37-year-old Alfred Santiago, also faces charges of aggravated sexual assault and continuous sexual abuse.
*from the 'people suck' dept.* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is on literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States. Really a huge collection of children stories and poems picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

A 'perfect' mother massacred her five children by calling them one by one into her bedroom and slitting their throats, a Belgian court has been told. picked by muppet 12 months ago

A teaching assistant who gave her children cannabis was spared jail yesterday after a judge heard she did it to stop them visiting street dealers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A new study found that children who are very distressed when their parents fight have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Distress, hostility, and level of involvement parental arguments were measured in 208 six-year olds. picked by karenben 1 year ago

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in this country in people of all ages with a sharp rise in prescription abuse among adolescent children. More than ever before and much more than people in other countries around the world, we have been conditioned to think that the best way to address ailments of any kind is to reach for prescription or non-prescription medication. picked by 1krazykorean 10 months ago

Not surprisingly, a judge ordered he woman who tortured and killed animals to lose custody of 6 out of her 7 children. The oldest, her son, age 21, will care for two of his sisters.
Alternative link if you can't see the Newsday article. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

Children played with a high-explosive World War Two shell at a playground in the Dutch town Barneveld for months before authorities were warned and removed it. picked by proverb 2 years ago

Had this custody drama played out in the United States, Christopher Savoie might be considered a hero -- snatching his two little children back from an ex-wife who defied the law and ran off.

But his story unfolds in Japan... picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

A woman is believed to have tied up her two children and thrown them from a 24th floor flat in Hong Kong before killing herself in a tragedy that has renewed calls for improved social welfare. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The use of unlicenced anti-psychotic drugs for children has doubled in the UK since 1992, mirroring a similar rise in the US.

The effects of such drugs on children are untested and unknown, but there is a correlation between their usage and higher mortality rates. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

In addition, the drug makers said they will add a warning to their products that parents should not give children antihistamines to make them sleepy.

This is a follow up to something recently... but I couldn't find it picked by MeMe 1 year ago