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Teresa Palmer reveals her top tips to keeping your children focused while homeschooling

Australian actress Teresa Palmer, her husband Mark Webber and their three children have been in lockdown in their Adelaide home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  




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Ice use so rampant in South Australia children are being exposed to the drug through junkie parents 

Doctors fear 'significant numbers' of children are being exposed to the illicit drug after seven were found with met in their system during autopsies conducted by Forensic Science South Australia.




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Boss of children's clothes firm loved by Royals blasts rivals

Laura Tenison, the founder of upmarket children's clothing retailer JoJo Maman Bébé, says: 'We are an ethical business.' And she has been working on her own production line during the Covid-19 crisis.




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Ten steps to teach your children about money

Parents are now working from home while also trying to find the time to teach their children. But it's not just algebra they can mug up on.




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Can my mother continue to pay my children's school fees now I have power of attorney?

I have taken over the management of my mother's finances under a power of attorney which she granted.  She used to pay my children's school fees. Can I continue to make these payments?




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Hard-up parents complain that their children are missing out on BBC's Bitesize homeschooling lessons

Families without a TV licence said they cannot access some of the BBC Bitesize Daily's video content, which is available each week day on BBC iPlayer and via the red button at 9am.




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Andy Murray passes the time in lockdown by playing dress up with his children

Andy Murray may have some work on his hands if he is to pass on his Scottish heritage to his children after they confused his tartan kilt for a skirt.




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Tesco and Asda caught selling knives to children

National Trading Standards sent children into UK high street stores to attempt more than 2,200 test purchases and found they were able to buy a knife in more than one in seven attempts.




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Thrifty mother makes her three children packed lunches for less than £10 a week

Lynn James, from Hertfordshire, lives with her three sons Dylan 11, Josh 9 and Jack 6 - and says her secrets include batch cooking and swapping brand names for supermarkets own foods.




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Parents claim supermarkets have stopped them from shopping with their children

Major stores have limited the number of people allowed inside a supermarket at once, with others asking customers to remain at least two metres apart amid the UK's coronavirus outbreak.




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Coronavirus: Children just as likely to catch infection, study says

A study by the Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that the virus's attack rate among children was 7.4 per cent, on par with the 6.6 per cent seen in the general population.




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Chinese children are forced to sit in class with books on the top of their heads

Recent footage shows the children quietly working in a classroom with books laying on top of their heads to avoid bad sitting positions at a primary school in Nantong, Jiangsu province of eastern China.




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Three Australian men are accused of buying sex dolls depicting children from China

The men were arrested over two days in Grafton and Turramurra in Sydney after Australian Border Force intercepted intercepted sex dolls being imported into the country in March and April.




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Children CAN spread coronavirus, studies claim as NIH launches trial to track pediatric infections 

One Chinese study found school closures can lower a peak in coronavirus cases by 40% to 60% and a Germany study found children carry as high levels of the virus as adults can.




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Autumn Statement scraps tax on children's flights saving £140 on trip to Florida

The Chancellor abolished air passenger duty on all flights for children under the age of 12. It will also reduce the cost of a holiday to Spain for a family of four by £26.




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Superstar Novak Djokovic says he won't push his children into becoming tennis players

The Serbian world number two opened up about his hopes for son Stefan, 5 and daughter Tara, 2 moments after his fourth round straight sets win over Argentinian Diego Schwartzman on Sunday.




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How do we ensure our children inherit a pension pot?

My husband has a pension pot of around £380,000 which we don't want to use at present and is still being invested. We don't want an annuity as we would like our children to inherit.




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Jana Kramer responds to backlash over travel to Canada with her husband and infant children

Many people have either cancelled or postponed their travel amid the coronavirus outbreak, however, that's not the case for Jana Kramer and her family.




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Ben Cousins opens up about his children in candid interview and admits he wishes he preferred heroin

Heartwarming footage from the documentary shows Cousins' son Bobby, eight, laying on his bed watching his dad - a former legend in the sport - in his prime.




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Rebecca Judd raises questions she's still sending her children to school despite working from home

She has spent the past few weeks home schooling her children after education facilities closed in Victoria due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Rebecca Judd shares picture of her children watching their AFL star father Chris' career highlights

She shares four gorgeous children with her husband, former AFL star Chris Judd.




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Chemicals found in kitchenware can DOUBLE your risk of obese grandchildren, research shows

The Public Health Institute in California found that obesity was up to 2.3 times higher among 20-year-old women whose grandmothers had been exposed to syn chemicals.




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Greta Thunberg's latest rally could place CHILDREN at risk, police say

Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset Police cautioned the public not to 'underestimate the scale of this protest' in Bristol where Greta Thunberg is due to speak.




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MAFS' Connie Crayden won't have children due to climate change

Married At First Sight star Connie Crayden has revealed she will be adopting rather than having biological children due to concerns over climate change.




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Greta Thunberg donates $100,000 to UN children's fund to fight coronavirus

The 17-year-old Swedish activist (pictured) said the pandemic 'is a child rights crisis, like the climate crisis' as she hailed UNICEF's 'vital work to save children's lives'.




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Mom arrested for using children to sell marijuana after Snapchat video appeared to show them smoking

Elaina Kabler, 39, was arrested last week after police in Desert Hot Springs, California, received multiple tips about the alarming video posted on Snapchat on July 10.




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Tech giants urged to hand over data on how children use the internet to help research

British research looking at links between internet use and mental health is held back by a lack of accurate data showing which websites children use and how long they spend online (stock image).




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South Australian of the Year finalist William Russell jailed for grooming children

William Russell, from Adelaide has been jailed for two-and-a-half-years after he groomed teenage boys to send him nude photos.




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Parents warned to stop their children using YOLO app

Developed by a Paris-based firm called Popshow Inc, it has proved hugely popular with schoolchildren even though it says users should be 17 and over.




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Mother is run over and killed in front of her children by Algerian football fan celebrating win

Raucous celebrations in Paris and other French cities quickly soured after fans resorted to vandalism and arson, bringing traffic in the French capital to a standstill after Algeria's Africa Cup win in Egypt.




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Mother is left horrified by disturbing audio recording on a children's toy bought at Westfield

The blue toy keyboard was purchased from an Asian pop up store at a Westfield in Western Sydney and plays a story about rabbits who want to die.




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Sinn Féin leader puts herself and her two children in coronavirus quarantine

As the disease continues to spread rapidly, the Sinn Féin leader has called off her series of public meetings and Google in Dublin has told thousands of staff to stay home.




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Cartoon Camilla returns! Duchess of Cornwall is back with children's story competition

The Duchess of Cornwall, 72, returned as her cartoon caricature in a clip promoting BBC Radio Two's annual story-writing competition. This year's final will take place at Buckingham Palace.




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Urgent recall of popular portable cot over fears children could suffocate while sleeping inside

An urgent recall of a popular portable cot has been issued in Australia over fears children could suffocate while sleeping inside.




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Lolita fantasist who teamed up with female paedophile to abuse children is unmasked

Lincolnshire couple Oliver Wilson and Rebecca Holloway formed a twisted relationship so they could rape children under the age of 13 during a campaign of horrific abuse.




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The hottest children's toy trends for Christmas 2019

Australian parents are focused on toys that teach patience and responsibility this year, with the Owleez - the world's first interactive pet you can teach to fly - ranked the most popular kid's game of 2019.




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Urgent recall of popular children's rattles due to fears babies could choke to death

Seventeen toys for children aged 0-3 have failed safety tests amid fears they could choke infants to death. 




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Mother bags £25,000 worth of freebies dressing her children in designer labels on Instagram

Aleksandra Hoyles, 32, from Yorkshire is so popular on Instagram that clothes sellers are using pictures of her and her daughter on eBay without her permission to sell their look-alikes,




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Chris Hemsworth admits he's struggling to homeschool his hyperactive children  

Even Hollywood's hottest celebrities can't escape the stress that comes with homeschooling their children during the coronavirus pandemic. 




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Parenting experts tell Femail the best ways to take care of children at home

With schools across the UK closing indefinitely from this afternoon, parents are faced with having to entertain their children at home. FEMAIL shares activities to keep them busy.




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Baby bust: Coronavirus lockdown is putting people OFF having children

Research led by the University of Florence found over 80 per cent of people do not plan to conceive during the COVID-19 crisis.




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Gyms classes that encourage parents to work out with their children

There are an increasing number of gyms offering more personal, family friendly classes that mean you don't need to ditch your child in a crèche and pay more.




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COVID-19 crisis: Over 117 million children at risk of missing out on measles vaccines

As coronavirus pandemic deepens, over 117 million children in 37 countries are expected to miss out on receiving live-saving measles vaccine, the United Nations said on Tuesday.Measles immunisation campaigns in 24 countries have already been delayed and more will be postponed, the World Health Organization and the UN children's fund UNICEF said."Together, more than 117 million children in 37 countries, many of whom live in regions with ongoing measles outbreaks, could be impacted by the suspension of scheduled immunisation activities," Measles and Rubella Initiative (M & RI) said in a statement.New WHO guidelines endorsed by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation aim to help countries to sustain immunisation activities during the COVID-19 pandemic."The @MeaslesRubella Initiative supports recommendations to: temporarily pause preventive immunisation campaigns where there's no active outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease continue routine immunisation services, ..




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Legislation to safeguard children fails to protect them


Post-POCSO Act, reporting of child sexual abuse cases have rocketed in Kerala, but conviction rates remain dismal. State government and judiciary lack the infrastructure to ensure justice for victims, finds Navya P K.




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Many bridges to cross for children in Krishnagiri


The odds of children in villages in Krishnagiri district, Tamilnadu, making it to college are one per cent, ten times below the low national average. Some interventions are helping, finds Krithika Ramalingam as she records the many realities here.




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Poor parents pushing children into English schools


Recognising that government schools with their Tamil medium education do nothing to ensure a good career path or ensure employment, parents are stretching themselves to make the shift in rural Tamilnadu. Still, plenty of challenges remain reports Krithika Ramalingam.




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Ayesha Curry Refuses to Have Entitled Children

Ayesha Curry, home and hospitality entrepreneur, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher what she's teaching her children about money, how she approaches spending and the importance of setting goals.




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A children's manifesto


With elections just weeks away, Child Relief and You asks that political parties to focus on issues that affect children.




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Where have all the children gone?


The media today -- print and television -- reflect little active awareness of the fact that they have an important role to play in enabling children to learn about the highly complex world they live in. Children's voices are missing even in reports and articles on matters directly related and relevant to them, says Ammu Joseph.




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Corruption eats into children's meals in Madhya Pradesh


Despite the tall claims made by the state government and an increase in attendance in the schools, children at many places are simply not getting mid-day meals at all, or are getting it in insufficient quantities. Shuriah Niazi did a reality check.