Children
Mommy gene may explain birth rate
September 24, 2007A Canadian researcher suggests a "mommy" gene may explain the increasing number of women who decide against having children. Lonnie Aarssen, a biology professor who specializes in reproductive ecology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont...
Couple sues over removal of children
September 21, 2007An Ohio couple convicted of keeping some of their children in cages claim in a lawsuit that police and welfare workers entered their home illegally. Michael and Sharen Gravelle have been sentenced to two years in prison but have been allowed to remain...
Council of Europe urges ban on smacking children
August 09, 2007The Council of Europe (CE) has urged its 47 members to ban corporal punishment of children, a French daily said. The French newspaper Liberation said Tuesday that the Council of Europe would launch a large-scale campaign aimed at persuading each country...
Residential system reform’s purpose is to reduce number of children who live outside families
February 20, 2007The purpose of the residential system reform is to reduce the number of children, who grow separated from their families, which doesn’t mean though that all the boarding schools in the republic will be closed, deputy minister of Education and Youth...
Study: U.N. sanctions affect children
January 25, 2007NASHVILLE, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. sanctions are being blamed for an increase in the death rate among Iraqi children treated for leukemia in Baghdad while U.N. sanctions were in place. Dr. Haydar Frangoul of Vanderbilt University examined records of...
Stress often to blame for children's stomach pains, headaches
December 25, 2006Munich (dpa) - Stress and other psychological factors can cause chronic stomachaches and headaches in children, the Munich-based professional association of German paediatricians said. "Only seldom are organic causes the trigger of pain in children...
Lack of jobs in Moldova leaves children without parental care
October 18, 2006By Vladimir Lozinski On 18 October, UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre will launch ‘Social Monitor 2006: Understanding Child Poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States’, a report urging governments to...
