Category: child

What’s the Best Age to Give My Teen a Smartphone?

If you’re looking for confirmation that smartphones and social media are good for your kids, this is not one of those posts. The “best age” question is a trick question. Here’s why. We don’t stress about the “best age” for things that are inherently good for our kids. Are there hundreds of opinions on the…


Mental Health Grants to Help New Aussie Parents

The Morrison government is providing $16.6 million (US$12.85 million) in grants to support the mental health and wellbeing of expectant and new parents through nine new projects. It is estimated that up to 10 per cent of women experience depression while pregnant, and one-in-seven women in the year after birth. Men can also experience perinatal…


Health and Wellbeing Grants to Help New Aussie Parents

The Morrison government is providing $16.6 million (US$12.85 million) in grants to support the mental health and wellbeing of expectant and new parents through nine new projects. It is estimated that up to 10 per cent of women experience depression while pregnant, and one-in-seven women in the year after birth. Men can also experience perinatal…


Lawyer Concerned About ‘Cancel Culture’ in Legal Community

Lawyer Carey Linde, who represented a B.C. father who opposed his teenaged child receiving cross-sex hormones but was defeated in court, says that “cancel culture” has infiltrated every aspect of society, including the legal community. The child was born female and has transitioned to male. The father was recently released on bail after going to jail for…


Zimbabwe Air Force Helicopter Crashes Into House, 4 Killed Including Child

HARARE—An Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter crashed on Friday, killing three crew members and a child on the ground as it came down on a house, the Air Force said in a statement. The helicopter was on a training mission, with two pilots and a technician when it disappeared on the radar. It came down…


After Child Dies, US Regulator Warns About Peloton Treadmill

NEW YORK—Safety regulators warned people with children and pets Saturday to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and others were injured. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said children and at least one pet were pulled, pinned and entrapped under the rear roller of the Tread+ treadmill, leading to…


Honduran Migrant Boy, 4, Found Traveling Alone by US-Mexico Border

MEXICO CITY—A 4-year-old Honduran boy was found traveling alone near the Rio Grande River that separates Mexico from the United States with no one to claim him, the Mexican government said on Wednesday. Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) said the boy was found unaccompanied among trees and thickets as he walked toward the border. He…


BC Father Who Opposes Child’s Gender Transition Therapy Arrested for Violating Court Orders

A B.C. father who opposes his teenage child transitioning from female to male without his consent, was arrested this week for repeatedly speaking publicly about aspects of the case. A warrant was issued for the father’s arrest in early March after he allegedly violated court orders that restricted him from disclosing his own name as…


Father of BC Transgender Teen Returns to Court

A British Columbia father whose teenaged child transitioned from female to male without the father’s consent is facing new charges for breaching a gag order. Court orders dictate that the names of the father and mother, the child, and the medical professionals involved in the gender transition cannot be disclosed by media or the father…


Woman Takes Orphaned 6-Year-Old Child to Visit Mom’s Grave and Learns an Important Lesson

A South African woman was startled when an orphaned child she had befriended on her shopping route asked for help to visit her mother’s grave. The woman obliged and was moved by the outcome. When it comes to kids, she stressed, “never make a promise that you can’t fulfill.” Anam George, 28, was born and…