How to get cheap UK cinema tickets: Adults pay kids’ prices at Finding Dory, Tarzan & more
WANT to play less to see films this summer at UK cinemas? Here’s how adults can pay reduced children’s prices for blockbusters like Finding Dory, The Legend of Tarzan, The BFG, The Secret Life of Pets or Swallows and Amazons. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Parents Encouraged to Teach Their Kids About Money, Finance
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Educators and parents, politicians and lobbyists are discussing the issue of who is responsible for teaching children about financial literacy, and at what age this education should begin. Despite 43 states in the US requiring courses on personal finance and all 50 requiring economics courses to be included in K-12 standards, […]
To Improve Academics, Kids Need to Exercise, Experts Suggest
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) An international group of experts who studied the value of exercise in school-age children are suggesting that in order to do better in school, children need to get out and exercise first. The new consensus statement published earlier in the week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine states that academic achievement […]
Intrusive Parenting Causes Maladaptive Perfectionism in Kids
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new five-year study of primary school children in Singapore performed by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that young people with parents who are intrusive had a higher likelihood of being hypercritical of themselves. And over a period of years, this tendency rises. Kids in the study […]
‘Please vaccinate your kids’: mum shares SHOCKING images of baby girl with whooping cough
A MOTHER has posted heartbreaking photos of her baby girl after she unexpectedly caught whooping cough in a desperate bid to get other parents to vaccinate their children against the illness. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Parent Use of Smartphones Raise Risks of Danger for Kids
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Many parents spend time on their smartphones liking something on a friend’s Facebook page, playing Candy Crush, or checking their emails – but parents who have trouble putting their phones down can miss a split second event that might result in an accident for their children. According to Nicole Morley of the UK’s Metro, new […]
Mum shares SHOCKING images of son with chickenpox to urge parents to vaccinate their kids
A MOTHER, whose son was too young to be immunised against chickenpox, has shared terrifying pictures on social media in a desperate plea for other parents to get their children vaccinated. Daily Express :: Health Feed
What were they thinking? German tells thousands of kids to run riot over WW1 war graves
THOUSANDS of laughing schoolchildren ran on the graves of thousands of soldiers killed in the First World War in an outrageous ‘tribute’. Daily Express :: News Feed
UK Parents Organize ‘Kids Strike’ to Opt Out of Testing
(Photo: Gloucester Review) Parents throughout England kept their children home for the day in protest over the new SATs exam given in primary schools. It is unclear exactly how many children were kept out of school across the country, although a social media campaign pushed for parents to participate in educational activities with their children […]
Badges From Clever Allow Youngest Kids to Streamline Logins
(Photo: Clever) Educational technology startup Clever has announced a new badge system that allows children to log onto apps by taking a picture of a custom code with the camera on their computer. The company, which already has an established presence in close to half of U.S. schools, said the product will help students log into hundreds of […]