Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls’ mental healthFacebook has halted work on its Instagram Kids project after revelations about the photo-sharing app’s impact on teen mental health.Insta…
‘They wanted to end masculinity’: the artist inspired by anti-sexist men’s groups
Albert Potrony’s exhibition turns Gatehead’s Baltic into a giant creche, inspired by a radical Dutch playground architect and the forgotten feminist men’s movement of the early 70sFor most parents, the ritual of pushing your child on a swing or kicking…
Online child abuse survey finds third of viewers attempt contact with children
Largest major survey of its kind finds 70% of respondents first saw child sexual abuse material when they were under 18The largest major survey of people who watch online child sexual abuse has found that one-third of respondents attempted to directly …
Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile in ‘sensitive’ BBC drama
Alan Partridge star will take on ‘complex’ character of notorious paedophile in The ReckoningSteve Coogan will play Jimmy Savile in a forthcoming BBC drama series about how the high-profile presenter spent decades living a double life as one of the cou…
As Florida punishes schools, study finds masks cut school COVID outbreaks 3.5X
Universal masking prevents some school outbreaks and lowers case rates.
Why do children in Britain always bear the brunt of Tory cuts? | Polly Toynbee
With such a cold and unfeeling government, it’s little wonder our birthrate is fallingThis is no country for babies. It’s no surprise the birthrate keeps falling when would-be parents face impossible obstacles. As in the 1930s, it happens in hard times…
Dude, patriarchy messed up my life – and yours too
I was a kid who adored choir practice and wanted to melt when a fly ball was hit my way, but I felt I had to pretend to be someone elseWhen I was seven years old, a classmate informed me that a girl who acted like a boy was known as a tomboy. But a boy…
The economy has shafted millennials: now it wants their offspring too | Joel Golby
Yes, we know you can’t afford to have children. But if the economy tanks because of the low birthrate, you’ll be to blameEveryone likes babies, don’t they, with their little tiny toes and the fact that they don’t do anything and are constantly doing th…
Chris Whitty warns MPs it is ‘inevitable’ unvaccinated children will catch Covid
Chief medical officer says transmission in England highest among 12- to 15-year-oldsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe rapid spread of Covid makes it “inevitable” that children will be infected and have their education disr…
A new therapy for children who may have autism risks carrying a hidden cost | James Cusack
Support that boosts toddlers’ social development can lead to them missing out on a diagnosis that secures ongoing helpJames Cusack is chief executive of Autistica, a British autism research charityBeing autistic, for me and the 700,000 other autistic p…