NYC, state officials reveal free ways to get kids off their phones and outside
City and state officials New York parents complained on Tuesday. He urged people to get their kids away from their phones and outside, and offered some suggestions on how to do this. Gov. Kathy Hawkle announced that New York state park pools will be open to the public for free for the rest of the […]
US Marshals find 41 missing kids and bust 3 —including sex offender — in five-week NYC operation
A five-week citywide operation led by U.S. Marshals led to the recovery of dozens of missing children and the arrest of three people, including a sex offender. In a “second search operation” that lasted more than a month and ended Monday, authorities tracked down 41 “seriously missing children,” including those who had been forced by […]
Chuck Schumer faces heat as landmark bill to protect kids online stalls in Congress
Landmark legislation that would hold big tech companies like Meta accountable for children’s safety online has stalled in the Senate, with critics blaming Republican Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The Child Online Safety Act (KOSA) would impose a legal “duty of care” on social media companies to protect minors from harassment, bullying, anxiety and sexual […]
Missing Kansas mom, 2 young kids coerced into traveling to ‘religious rehabilitation facility’ in Mexico: KBI
Investigators in Kansas issued a dangerous person watch for a mother and her two young daughters who they believe “were forced to go to a religious rehabilitation center in Mexico.” In a press release issued by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), authorities said the whereabouts of Martha Unger, 23, and her daughters, Madilyn Grace […]
NJ man struck by lightning while trying to warn kids about storm
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — A man who was struck and killed by lightning on the New Jersey coast on Sunday while trying to warn his children of an oncoming storm is being hailed as a hero by his girlfriend, who was there when the tragedy happened. Patrick Dispoto, 59, died at the scene in Seaside […]
Missing mom Martha Unger, kids may have been ‘coerced’ to go to Mexico
A rural Kansas mother and her two young daughters suddenly disappeared over the weekend, and investigators believe they may have been forcibly sent to a religious rehab facility in Mexico. Martha Unger, 23, and her daughters, Madilyn Grace Unger, 2, and Haley Faith Unger, 1, were reported missing from their rural Haskell County home just […]
Sunday with Steve Backshall: ‘The kids’ capacity to consume pancakes blows my mind’ | Steve Backshall
Early rise? We have three small children: twins, age 4, and Logan, age 6. I wake up early every day, but never on purpose. At 5:30 a.m., the kids climb into bed and on top of me. I make up stories about them having adventure trips until dawn. Sunday breakfast? Banana pancakes with yogurt and […]
Woman Charged With Murder Of Her 2 Adopted Kids
(Photo courtesy of Fayetteville Police Department) Avril Elfi from OANSaturday, June 29, 2024 4:20 p.m. A woman has been charged with murdering her two adopted children after not being seen for years. advertisement Police said Avanti Deven, the adoptive mother of Blake and London Deven, was arrested Wednesday and charged with multiple crimes in connection […]
England Banning Puberty Blockers for Kids Will ‘Save Lives,’ Experts Predict
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes England’s National Health Service has declared that there’s not enough evidence of “safety and clinical effectiveness” for children and young people to be given puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria. “Puberty blockers (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues) are not available to children and young people for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria, because […]
Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids
FREEHOLD, New Jersey — As little Giada Dema lay in a children’s hospital bed battling brain cancer, her tiny body practically swimming in her drab green hospital gown. Her cousin, Juliana Dema, remembers looking at her 1-year-old daughter and thinking what a sad sight it was: a tiny child in an ugly gown several sizes […]