9 h. ago Pornhub and three other adult websites face EU child safety investigation

European Commission alleges the verification systems are ineffective to prevent under-18s from watchingThe EU executive has launched an investigation into four pornographic websites over alleged failure to prevent children from seeing adult content.After analysis of company policies, the European Commission accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of failing to have effective age verification measures to stop minors accessing their content. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Family mealtimes with kids are being ruined by tech with almost a quarter of parents guilty

A new poll of 2,000 parents with children found 16% use mobile phones or tablets at mealtimes, while 24% sit in front of the TV, with the majority of families saying they should eat together more

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5 d. ago Cheap injections help me look and feel decades younger at 60. They're NOT Botox or Ozempic

Karen Clements is almost 61 with two adult children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren... yet she's frequently mistaken for being decades younger.

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6 d. ago Children in alleged violent incident involving adult have been expelled from school

Three people have so far been arrested and the children involved have been expelled

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9 d. ago I’m an adult child of divorce – and we’re not talked about enough

The focus on the aftermath of a divorce tends to – rightly – be the couple’s young children. But as more and more couples are splitting later in life, the difficulties inflicted upon their adult offspring tend to be overlooked. Kate Ng, whose parents announced their breakup when she was 30, digs into it

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1 week ago Could NatWest's family mortgage blast your adult children on to the housing ladder?

If you dream of helping your child on to the property ladder but don't have buckets of cash then you might consider becoming a 'booster' on their mortgage application.

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1 week ago Interrail passes are free for kids – so I borrowed my niece for a rail tour of Europe’s great cities

It took a few adjustments on both sides – she wasn’t keen on snails or Rembrandt – but after seeing Paris, Berlin and Venice, she wants to go again next yearA year ago, I discovered a bit of a travel hack – that if accompanied by an adult (obviously) children under the age of 12 can explore Europe by train for absolutely zilch. Profoundly susceptible to any sort of bargain, even those that promise a net deficit in the long run, I determined to take advantage of Interrail’s generous offer, despite lacking dependents of the specified vintage.Sourcing someone under 12 was far easier than I’d imagined. When I lodged an enquiry about my 10-year-old niece, asking if Annabelle might be available for an Interrailing stint at Easter, my brother couldn’t sign her up fast enough. (Though he did insist on some caveats: in bed by 10pm, out of bed by 9am, and no watching sweary Gordon Ramsay shows). Continue reading...

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1 week ago California couple and adult daughter arrested over ‘severe’ and ‘prolonged’ torture of six foster children

The alleged abuse may have began a decade ago when the children were first placed in the family’s care

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1 week ago Video 'showing schoolboy being attacked' sparks urgent police investigation

The video appears to show an attack involving children and an adult

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2 w. ago Nearly a quarter of parents with adult children ‘have had them boomerang home to live’ for years

Two in five mothers surveyed would be happy to welcome their children back as adults, as would one in three fathers, according to the new data

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2 w. ago Rise in ‘boomerang kids’ as nearly a quarter of parents say adult children have come back home

The ‘boomerang generation’ is booming, new research suggests

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2 w. ago We told young people that degrees were their ticket to a better life. It’s become a great betrayal | Gaby Hinsliff

With the labour market declining and AI a threat to entry-level jobs, graduates have been sold a lie. It’s no wonder they’re angryIt’s boomerang season again. Or to put it another way, the time of year when adult children you imagined might be flying the nest come home instead to roost, a ritual that seems to happen earlier every year.Though the university year isn’t formally finished yet, so many institutions are dumping written exams in favour of dissertations or online assessments (cheaper to run, apparently) that third years have started cutting their losses and their food bills by heading home not long after Easter. In a worrying number of cases, they’re leaving with no job to go to.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Typical child now doesn't leave parents' home for good until they reach 28

Almost a quarter of parents have children who left home, but returned later on - a trend called 're-nesting' which is being driven by higher house prices.

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2 w. ago 23% of parents with adult children ‘have had them boomerang back home to live’

Two in five mothers surveyed would be happy to welcome their children back as adults, as would one in three fathers, according to NatWest.

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2 w. ago Almost a quarter of parents with adult children ‘have had them boomerang home to live’

Two in five mothers surveyed would be happy to welcome their children back as adults, as would one in three fathers, according to NatWest.

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2 w. ago Screen time warning to parents as quarter of UK families eat dinner in silence

New research has prompted warnings for parents to consider spending more quality time with their children over dinner after a study found that conversations have been swapped for mobiles during meals

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