52 h. ago ‘It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behindLast week, former elementary school teacher Spencer Russell posed a question to parents who follow his Instagram account, Toddlers Can Read: “Why aren’t you reading aloud to your kids?”The responses, which Russell shared with the Guardian, ranged from embarrassed to annoyed to angry. “It’s so boring,” said one parent. “I don’t have time,” said another. One mother wrote in: “I don’t enjoy reading myself.” Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Mass recall of kitchen faucets sold on Amazon over lead exposure concerns

Lead exposure can lead to neurological effects on infants and young children, the government agency warns.

Politics

1 week ago Food ad ban which will 'end Christmas adverts' delayed until January

Broadcasters will voluntarily introduce the new rules from October and it will become law next year

Politics

1 week ago Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year

Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed

Politics

2 w. ago It’s time to stop the great food heist powered by big business. That means taxation, regulation and healthy school meals | Stuart Gillespie

The global food system has been captured by a few rapacious companies that profit from public ill-health. We need a radical overhaulOur food system is killing us. Designed in a different century for a different purpose – to mass produce cheap calories to prevent famine – it is now a source of jeopardy, destroying more than it creates. A quarter of all adult deaths globally – more than 12 million every year – are due to poor diets.Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity – is by far the biggest cause of ill-health, affecting one in three people on the planet. Ultra-processed foods are implicated in as many as one in seven premature deaths in some countries. Continue reading...

Society

2 w. ago US grocery chain recalls baby food pouches due to possible lead contamination

There is no safe level of exposure to lead for children, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Politics

3 w. ago Children eat more per day after watching just five minutes of junk food adverts

The finding highlights the pervasive impact of junk food marketing on children's diets

Society

3 w. ago Five minutes of junk food adverts ‘lead children to eat 130 extra calories per day’

The finding highlights the pervasive impact of junk food marketing on children's diets

Society

3 w. ago Just five minutes of exposure to junk food advertising makes children eat more

Junk food advertising loophole revealed as experts warn children have favourite fast food logos for outlets like McDonalds, KFC and Burger King even by the age of five

Society

3 w. ago Five minutes of junk food advertising ‘leads children to eat 130 extra calories’

The Government is introducing a ban on the targeting of junk food adverts at children from October this year.

Society

3 w. ago Identities of three unknown British children taking over lead Harry Potter roles in TV reboot and set to become overnight multi

Three currently unknown British children are set to become overnight multi-millionaires when they are announces as the new stars of the Harry Potter TV series. 

Politics

3 w. ago Judge lets Burger King defendants have it their way and move forward with case over Whopper size

District judge Roy K. Altman denied a motion to dismiss the case against the fast food giant, which has been accused of falsely advertising its products

Events