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More help with childcare costs for families on universal credit from end of June

The amount of childcare for which families on benefits can claim back will increase by hundreds of pounds from the end of June, under Government’s plans to tackle inactivity and help grow the economy. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is ...

31 May 2023 at 08:31

Health & Wellbeing

ADHD symptoms in children can be transformed with brain stimulation therapy

Stimulating the brain using electrodes could help ease symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, a study has found. Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) works by sending a mild electrical current to the ...

02 Aug 2023 at 09:39

Life

TikTok sets screen time limit for under-18s: How kids can help parents learn about online safety

TikTok has said it will impose a default 60-minute screen time limit for anyone under the age of 18 in the coming weeks. Cormac Keenan, head of trust and safety at TikTok said in a blog post on Wednesday that when the 60-minute limit is ...

02 Mar 2023 at 08:52

Life

How to talk to kids about weight and healthy eating

Talking more positively about food and physical activity in the home could be the key to opening up conversations between parents and kids about weight, according to new guidance. The resource from researchers at the University of Bath ...

04 May 2023 at 09:50

Life

How to discuss sextortion with your teen

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched an awareness campaign about the growing threat of online sextortion, as more and more teenage boys are being blackmailed by gangs posing as young women. The Metropolitan Police defines ...

20 Mar 2025 at 12:21

Health & Wellbeing

More girls miss school and college due to their periods than colds, survey finds

Girls miss more school or college days due to periods than any other reason – including colds, mental health or truancy, according to a new report. Periods cause girls to be absent from school or college for three days a term on ...

18 Oct 2023 at 06:00

Life

These are the phrases working mums want to stop hearing – survey

More than half (55%) of working mums want to change workplace lingo, as insensitive or ill-thought comments from colleagues can add to their challenges, new research has found. Remarks by co-workers made towards working mums ...

18 Jul 2023 at 15:49

Life

America Ferrera on society putting the ‘burden’ of parenting on women

Actress America Ferrera has said she noticed “inequalities” in the workplace after giving birth, adding that she “experienced a whole new category of imbalance”. The 39-year-old, who appears in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, ...

17 Oct 2023 at 08:23

Life

AI image generators ‘being used by children to create indecent images’

Schoolchildren in the UK are now using AI to generate indecent images of other children, internet safety groups have warned. The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) said it has begun receiving reports from schools that ...

27 Nov 2023 at 09:41

Life

When is it ok to keep my child off school? As new drive launched to tackle absences

Your child’s got another cold or says they have tummy ache… Do you let them stay off school, or force them to go in because education is important? This can be a tough one for parents, especially if a child has no ...

08 Jan 2024 at 15:00

Life

These are the 20 must-have toys for Christmas 2023

From old favourites like Barbie and LEGO, to AI-inspired twists on classic games, and an oven that bakes a plush scented puppy or kitten, this year’s DreamToys list has been revealed. Once again, it predicts the ...

08 Nov 2023 at 10:19

Life

When is it OK to let my child miss school? Amid rising ‘absence epidemic’ concerns

As a new school term begins, there have already been warnings that too many children are likely to miss classes – in what Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described as an “absence epidemic”. ...

02 Sept 2024 at 17:21

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