An NGO has taken the South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications for late birth registration, with some people waiting for seven years for a response from ...

In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.” Instead, school staff use phrases like “struggling with stable housing” or “families in transition.” The approach ...

We should rediscover a sense of joy this summer by reconnecting with our younger selves. By doing so, we can better counter ...

He continued talking about his childhood and how everyone in his family was overprotective about him, which in turn made him a very shy and nervous child. “I was a very scared child. When a kid loses ...

Validating emotions first (“It’s normal to feel scared when you hear about wars”) paves the way for calm, constructive dialogue (Denham, 2006; Child Mind Institute, 2024).

Truth builds trust. The American Academy of Pediatrics (2024) advises avoiding euphemisms that confuse—“Grandma is sleeping ” can make a child afraid of sleep itself.

Claire Adam’s compelling first novel Golden Child won the 2009 Desmond Elliot Prize and was also picked as one of the BBC’s ‘100 Novels that Shaped Our World’. It told the story of contrasting twins ...

‘It makes me feel like I’m scared’: Child speaks on planned homeless shelter in Etobicoke Residents of an Etobicoke neighbourhood are raising their serious concerns as Toronto plans to put a ...

Dear Prudence Help! My Husband’s Oldest Child Is Graduating. I’m Afraid I’ve Set a Very Bad Precedent. This won’t be the last time it happens. Advice by Jenée Desmond-Harris June 09 ...