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Parents warned to avoid common car seat mistake during winter travel
45+ min ago (588+ words) Millions are set to hit the road this Christmas to visit family and friends over the festive period." But, an expert has warned parents to avoid a common car seat mistake many make during winter travel. It might be tempting…...
Trans group makes extraordinary threat after ban on puberty blockers
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (588+ words) By ASHLEY NICKEL, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Queensland's oldest trans rights organisation has threatened to 'out' secretly queer politicians if the state doesn't lift a'five-year puberty blockers ban. The Queensland Transgender Gender Diverse and Non-Binary Association (QTrans) announced the controversial move…...
Expert reveals what it means if a younger person calls you 'unc'?
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (1377+ words) By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER It's the new slang word taking Gen Z by storm " but do you know what it means if someone calls you "unc'? The description has spread like wildfire on social media in recent…...
ZHENYA ABBRUZZESE: Why blocking puberty risks real harm to children
15+ hour, 24+ min ago (1218+ words) A decade ago, two academic papers were published in the Netherlands that changed the way clinicians all over the world treated children who were suffering from "gender dysphoria" " severe distress about their biological sex. The Amsterdam-based doctors who produced the…...
Children on puberty blockers 'must think about freezing eggs or sperm'
17+ hour, 25+ min ago (1159+ words) By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR Young people experiencing 'gender incongruence' who take part in the NHS-backed study will be offered expert advice on preserving their ability to become parents later in life - even though they will be as young as…...
Boy, 9, has Christmas 'ruined' after delivery driver bins his present
19+ hour, 15+ min ago (447+ words) This is the moment a delivery driver ruined Christmas for a nine-year-old boy by putting his present in a bin which was later collected. All nine-year-old Louis Tremblay had wanted for Christmas was a flip book from US YouTuber Andymation....
You SHOULDN'T buy children teddy bears for Christmas, scientists say
1+ day, 30+ min ago (1060+ words) By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER If you were planning on buying your child a teddy bear this Christmas, woke scientists say you should think again. A cuddly toy might be a dear childhood companion, but a group of…...
Why so many people are going no contact with their parents
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1619+ words) By CARINA STATHIS, SENIOR FEATURES WRITER, AUSTRALIA Dr Tanya Finnie remembers'the exact moment she cut ties with her'psychologist father. Despite the three-year legal battle that followed, she has no regrets. She hasn't spoken to him since 1996. Years later, in'2023, she…...
Four-year-old wants Rachel Riley's job after acing Countdown puzzles
2+ day, 40+ min ago (584+ words) By JACK HARDY, NEWS REPORTER A four-year-old boy is gunning for the top job on Countdown after dazzling the internet by solving puzzles in seconds as he watches from his living room. Acer Gibson went viral after his father filmed…...
The mother who's determined not to raise a brat
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1847+ words) Waddling down the corridor at work while eight months' pregnant, an older colleague had handed me a 1950s book entitled Mothercraft. 'You'll need this,' she muttered, adding 'the old way's the best way.' The book is a parenting manual written by…...