A 9-year-old girl is in rehab after becoming addicted to the video game Fortnite. The child reportedly downloaded the online multiplayer game after being given an Xbox One in January. “She was so hooked to the game …
Primary school sends children a letter ahead of their exams, reminding them that there are “many ways of being smart”. A school in South Yorkshire has sent a heartwarming letter …
A premature baby was accidentally decapitated inside his mother’s womb due to a botched delivery carried out by an NHS consultant gynaecologist, a medical tribunal has heard. The tribunal was …
Sainsbury’s has confirmed that it is merging with Walmart’s Asda, creating the UK’s biggest supermarket group. The new supermarket group will have combined revenues of £51 billion and will aim …
Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words is an anthology of musings on motherhood, by author and copywriter Kimberly Harrington. Per the subtitle, the writing is often profane, but …
First Toys R Us, and now Claire’s. Childhood will never be the same again. Claire’s, a mecca for young girls who want cheap accessories and free ear piercings, could be …
Ikea is no stranger to generating buzz with its advertising. And its latest advert is no exception. Ikea, the Swedish homeware giant, has come up with a novel way to …
Does your child struggle with the multiplication tables? If so, this Times Fables book might help. Designed with visual learners in mind, the book aims to teach children their times …
We need to normalise not the abuse itself, but rather the conversations surrounding it. Last night, American actress Alyssa Milano put out a call on social media, urging people …
A 3D-painted zebra crossing that creates the illusion of white blocks floating in the road has been trialled in Iceland in a bid to slow drivers down. The appropriately named …
For years, Saturday morning television was dominated by live kids’ shows, such as Going Live! and SMTV in the nineties, and Tiswas and Swap Shop before that. Live Saturday morning …
Drugs, sex, and phallic imagery aren’t the first things that spring to mind when you think of the popular Biff, Chip and Kipper reading books. But eagle-eyed parents have taken …
A school teacher from Oregan is receiving much praise online after turning his classroom into a magical Hogwarts den. Kyle Hubler, a maths teacher at Evergreen Middle School in Oregon, …
Netflix has removed an episode of popular children’s cartoon series Maya the Bee, after eagle-eyed viewers spotted the outline of a penis etched on a tree. Mother Chey Robinson shared …
Almost a third of primary schools in France are set to return to a four-day week this month, TES has reported. The move comes after local authorities in …
Olivia has replaced Amelia as the most popular baby girls’ name in England and Wales, it has been revealed. The exception is in Yorkshire and the Humber, the East Midlands, …
Communicating with teenagers can be hard. So when Catherine Gladwyn’s 19-year-old daughter Chloe returned to university after the summer, she decided to make it easy for her daughter to let …
Toys ‘R’ Us could go bankrupt within weeks, as it struggles with billions of dollars of debt and mounting pressure from suppliers, it has been revealed. The global toy …
Popular high street retailer Next has launched a new range of clothing called “plus fit” to cater for a broader range of children’s shapes and sizes. The range, sold along …
If you want to give your child the best start in life, try to conceive around Christmas time. According to new research published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, …
A mother is facing backlash after admitting she chose not to send her daughter to a childcare centre because staff were “extremely overweight”. Writing for the Daily Mail, author Hilary …
Children, beware: Take better care of your teeth or the tooth fairy may stop paying up. Just ask Sam Warren, an 8-year-old boy who nearly lost out on some cash …
A graphic designer has taken a stand against inequality by taking the “sexist” cover of a magazine targeting teenage girls and transforming it into something incredible. Katherine Young created the …
The Victoria & Albert Museum is filled with nude statues of women and men — which is why one mum was “perplexed” after she was asked to cover up …
Pink & Blue from DYPKA on Vimeo. “Open Your Eyes,” featuring British poet Hollie McNish, invites the audience to see things from two different perspectives: pink (the female perspective) …
A restaurant in New York has introduced a one-drink rule for parents dining with their children. While some might assume that Peddlers Bar & Bistro rule that reads “one drink …
Skincare brand Dove has come under fire for their latest campaign discussing breastfeeding in public. One ad states “75% say breastfeeding in public is fine, 25% say put them away. What’s …
Sesame Street is to introduce a new character. Julia, a young Muppet with red hair and bright green eyes, also has autism. She is being introduced to help “reduce the …
Shopping can be hard work at times. There’s never a sales assistant around when you need one, yet when you don’t need one, they won’t stop asking you if you …
Most parents display their kids’ artwork on the fridge, but some have gone above and beyond the call of duty by inking their offsprings’ artworks on their skin. The trend …
Car seat safety experts have warned parents about the need for proper restraints after discovering a ‘shocking’ substitute. Staff from Child Seat Safety Ltd were carrying out spot checks on …
Maribel Martinez arranged for her 5-year-old son, Andy, to fly home to New York unaccompanied on JetBlue on Aug. 17. But when she went to pick him up at Kennedy …
A first edition of JK Rowling’s debut Harry Potter novel, which features a rare mistake, is expected to fetch as much as £20,000 when it goes under the hammer at the Bonhams …
A group of mums planning to see the film Bad Moms were kicked out of the cinema before it started for what staff ironically deemed to be bad behaviour. The …
As any parent can attest, children are a costly investment. But it would seem that daughters cost significantly more to raise than boys. According to new research by Sainsbury’s Bank, …
Ads for baby food have come a log way over the years, as this new TV and print campaign for Gerber shows. Featuring a mixture of enticing images of fruit …
Starbucks baristas misspell customers names all the time. But have you ever wondered why?
A gender pay gap is emerging in the amount of pocket money British parents give their children. Even at the tender age of under 15, it seems boys receive significantly …
More than half of stay-at-home mothers wish they could go out to work but feel trapped by a lack of suitable childcare, a major Government study has found. Yet – …
One third of British mums use YouTube to research which products or brands to buy, according to the UK YouTube Audience Report 2015. The research provides insight into the behaviour …
A new child-friendly search engine has emerged and the internet is going wild. Many are touting it “Google for kids” and say it long overdue. Twitter is awash with excitement. …
When folded it is the smallest and most compact stroller currently available on the market, measuring just 30cm x 18cm x 35cm. It will easily fit into the overhead locker on an airplane or underneath a seat, and is suitable from six months to approximarely 4 years.
“Think outside the box,” they said…
A dad who can’t tell his identical one-year-old sons apart is at his wit’s end. The anonymous man wrote the cry for help on social networking site Reddit , admitting …
These siblings are thought to be the first “black and white” twins born in the UK – despite coming from the same egg. Libby Appleby, 37, was told her unborn …
A baby gorilla has been delivered by emergency caesarean at Bristol Zoo after its mother Kera showed symptoms of “life-threatening pre-eclampsia.” The baby gorilla, which is yet to be named, …
Pregnant women should be given a budget of around £3,000 to be spent on services including a midwife of their choosing, a major review has concluded. Under plans proposed by …
A hotel is offering a competition unlike any other: “Make babies in our resort on February 29th and celebrate your baby’s life events at our hotel, on us.” In the …
‘Once upon a time I thought my beanie baby collection would pay for college. I was wrong. So so wrong,’ reads a comment on Imgur, posted in response to a …
Loaded with tiny sensors and LCD eyes, this popular 80s toy now talks and coos, and works with a corresponding app. Developed by licensing company Wicked Cool Toys and Israel-based …
The dad first posted about the problem on his Facebook wall.