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Tag: Children and Childhood
U.K. Doctors Call for Caution in Children’s Use of Screens and Social Media
Britain’s chief medical officers declined to recommend specific age or time limits, but saw associations between social media use and mental health problems.
Measles Outbreak in Philippines Spreads Beyond Capital
Health officials said a vaccine scare in 2017 had deterred parents from immunizing their children against the disease.
Our Tokyo Bureau Chief on Where She Finds ‘Bolts of Insight’ (Hint: It’s Outside the Office)
The Reader Center talks to Motoko Rich about Japanese culture, her stress antidote and children’s novels.
29 Syrian Children Die During Freezing Escape From the Islamic State
Aid groups are struggling to help families who have trekked through freezing conditions out of the Islamic State’s dwindling territory to a refugee camp in northeastern Syria.
Philippine Law Would Make 9-Year-Olds Criminally Liable
President Rodrigo Duterte has sought the change as a way to deter drug gangs from using children. Rights advocates called it a “stark mockery” of child development.
A 2-Year-Old Boy Is Trapped in a Well. Spain Is Watching.
Rescuers are racing against the clock to find Julen Roselló, who is believed to be more than 250 feet underground.
‘The Taliban Made Me Fight’: What to Do With Child Recruits After They Serve Time?
Afghan children as young as 8 have been imprisoned after being caught preparing suicide attacks. Officials worry about what to do when they grow up.
Global Health: An Island Nation’s Health Experiment: Vaccines Delivered by Drone
In Vanuatu, 20 percent of children miss their shots because villages are so hard to reach. It has hired an Australian company to fly them in.
Congo Says Baby Girl Is Youngest Survivor of Ebola Outbreak
Congolese are calling the infant named Benedicte, who was admitted to an Ebola treatment center six days after birth, the “young miracle.”