51 h. ago ‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals

A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainabilityStudents at Mariebergsskolan, a secondary school in Karlstad, Sweden, make their way to the canteen to grab a juice shot. This morning’s options include ginger and lemon, apple, golden milk, lemon and mint, or strawberry and orange. There’s also the choice of overnight oats with caramelised milk.It’s just after 9am and the space is usually empty, but thanks to a project launched in 2018 by Vinnova, Sweden’s national innovation agency, students are starting their day with a boost from the energy bar. All the ingredients are donated by local supermarkets which are giving away surplus fruit and vegetables to minimise food waste. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Study proves children behave better at school if they eat two things

Tesco have analysed the fruit and veg habits of Britain's schoolkids after they ate a whopping 10.8 million portions as part of their Fruit & Veg for Schools programme

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8 d. ago Dog behaviourist highlights 1 breed you should never get as they 'bite children'

Clinical canine behaviourist Will Atherton has warned against owning specific dog breeds if you've never had a pet before, as it could go 'terribly wrong'

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1 week ago 10 terrifying monsters parents made up to scare kids around the world into doing as they are told

We all remember the excitement of a visit from the tooth fairy – but not all mythical creatures are friendly. Some of them mainly exist to make children behave

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Kai Edmundson has been jailed

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2 w. ago Thousands of children have avoided allergies by being given peanuts as babies

Thousands of babies have avoided life-threatening peanut allergies, a decade after a landmark study proved eating peanut products early could prevent allergy.

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2 w. ago New study proves what we all suspected about cold and flu season

The study also squares with older research that found that young kids play a key role in spreading respiratory viruses at home

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3 w. ago Pushy parents are ‘biggest problem in sports performance’, say psychologists

Unsportsmanlike conduct in grassroots football and on the sidelines at school events is on the rise. How can parents support their child in the right way?Pushy and shouty parents are the “biggest problem in sports performance”, sports psychologists have said, amid growing concern that pressure and abuse is hampering competitive sport in the UK.This week parents were banned from attending sports events at a number of south London primary schools due to “concerning behaviours”, including abuse towards officials and children and creating “too much pressure around performance and winning at all costs”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kevin Federline drops bombshell claim about Britney Spears 'punching' their son Preston in tell

Kevin Federline has leveled serious allegations against Britney Spears in his memoir You Thought You Knew, claiming the pop star engaged in reckless behavior toward their children.

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3 w. ago You're in spy territory now: What alleged parliamentary infiltrator told his co

In travel blog posts the then 24-year-old told of his bemusement at aggressive Chinese pensioners on the metro and poorly behaved children jumping on the beds in a branch of Ikea.

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3 w. ago Britney Spears slams ex Kevin Federline’s ‘constant gaslighting’ after alarming memoir claims

In his forthcoming memoir, ‘You Thought You Knew,’ Federline details Spears’s allegedly erratic behavior around their children

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3 w. ago Shouting abuse at children, cutting up finish lines and urinating in bushes: How badly behaved parents are being banned from school sporting events

The Merton School Sport Partnership wrote to disappointed parents last week to inform them they would no longer be welcome at 40 primary schools across southwest London.

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