Tag: Children
For Families of Transgender Children, Tennessee’s Ban Forces Hard Choices
The Supreme Court is hearing a legal challenge on Wednesday to the state’s ban on several forms of medical care for transgender youth.
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Biden Apologizes for U.S. Abuse of Indian Children, Calling It ‘a Sin on Our Soul’
From the early 1800s to the late 1960s, the federal government forced Native American children into boarding schools where they faced abuse and neglec [...]
Biden to Apologize for Indian Boarding Schools Where Hundreds of Children Died
President Biden’s trip to the battleground state of Arizona will be the first time an American president has apologized for the abuses that happened a [...]
Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children
Durham County CouncilIn County Durham, the pilot scheme automatically enrolled more than 1,700 children who were previously unregistered for free scho [...]
Fears children at risk due to out-of-town taxi licences
Taxi drivers are buying licences in Wolverhampton to get round tough rules aimed at protecting children, a Labour MP claims.One-in-five private hire v [...]
Kemi Badenoch ‘preoccupied with her own children’, says Tory MP
A Conservative MP has been criticised for saying he would not be voting for Kemi Badenoch as party leader because she is "preoccupied with her own chi [...]
Children must not pay price of council cuts says Rachel de Souza
Getty ImagesSchools, youth services and early help provision have been hard-hit by council cutsThe wellbeing of children and young people is at risk f [...]
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Jabs at Harris for Not Having Biological Children
“My kids keep me humble,” Ms. Sanders said at an event with former President Donald J. Trump. “Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keep [...]
Protect children from vapes epidemic, doctors urge government
The government must ban flavoured and disposable vapes, doctors say, to protect children against a growing epidemic of use in the UK. The British Medi [...]
England homeless ‘scandal’ sees 150,000 children living in temporary accommodation
A record high of more than 150,000 children are living in temporary accommodation in England, according to the latest official figures.The situation w [...]
Nearly 1,000 Native Children Died at Boarding Schools, Interior Dept. Finds
An investigative report, which also documents widespread sexual and physical abuse in a program of forced assimilation, calls on the federal governmen [...]
Harris Warns Black Women That Trump Poses a Threat to Children and Families
Her speech was a clear effort to make the election a referendum on the former president.
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Starmer sets up taskforce for 4m UK children in poverty
The Prime Minister has announced a child poverty taskforce, pledging to leave "no stone unturned" in tackling a growing problem in low-income families [...]
Starmer thanks Jeremy Hunt’s children for Downing Street notes
The prime minister has thanked the former chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s children for the “sweet and thoughtful” notes they left for his children when they [...]
These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online
A group is using the Mothers Against Drunk Driving playbook, sharing personal tragedies, to lobby for the Kids Online Safety Act.
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