When politics trump a child’s health 
Brookline’s former child health director maintained years-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, sent supportive messages as crimes emerged 
8 ways to manage your child’s weight, as more kids now obese than underweight
For the first time ever, more children are overweight in the world than undernourished, according to Unicef.In a new report...
Mental health detention over children’s deaths in Stafford
David Lumb,in Stafford and Alex McIntyre,West MidlandsBBCPolice arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of murder after two children died in...
New California law forces chatbots to be safer for kids
By Colin Lecher, CalMatters A group representing tech companies ultimately backed legislation, just signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, mandating safeguards...
Social media is hurting kids’ memory, vocabulary: study
It might finally be time to set those parental controls. New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your...
Kids are getting smartphones at much younger ages than many experts recommend. How to handle it
Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is...
More young people in California struggling with anxiety, stress and social media, study finds
Credit: Pexels / Cottonbro Studio Top Takeaways More California youth report poor mental health compared to 2023. Top stressors include...