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'Unacceptable': Children's Commissioner says child poverty progress has stalled
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (937+ words) New figures show one in seven children now lives in material hardship. (Source: 1News) Almost 170,000 children are now living in material hardship nationwide. Children's Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad says it is "absolutely unacceptable" that new official figures show one in seven…...
EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' that harms children
2+ week, 5+ day ago (985+ words) The TikTok logo (Source: Associated Press) The European Union on Saturday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with "addictive design" features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges that strike at the heart of the…...
Babies see the world in more complex way than scientists thought — study
3+ week, 2+ day ago (695+ words) Baby Blaise attends her 2-month Foundcog scan with her mother Mary at Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience in Dublin, Ireland. (Source: Cusack Lab via AP) (Source: Supplied) A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different…...
'Clarity': Standardised school reports on students' learning
3+ week, 3+ day ago (955+ words) From this term, a new national reporting framework will give parents standardised report updates on their children's progress in reading, writing and maths across primary and intermediate schools. The changes, being promoted by Education Minister Erica Stanford, introduce nationally consistent…...
Parents question pool 'manu' restrictions ahead of world champs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1214+ words) Families say restrictions at "tara Pools are stopping children from practising manu dives. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting) Parents in south Auckland are voicing concern that restrictions on jumping and "water bombing" at the local pool are stopping children from practising…...
Meta slams Australia's social media ban as it blocks child accounts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (795+ words) Between December 4 and 11, Meta said it took down 330,639 Instagram accounts, 173,497 Facebook accounts, and 39,916 Threads accounts it believed belonged to those under 16. (Source: 1News) More than half a million accounts have been wiped from Facebook, Instagram and Threads since under-16s in Australia…...
Baby defies all odds, born after the rarest of pregnancies in US
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1044+ words) Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world. Before little Ryu was born, he developed outside his mom's womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian cyst " a dangerous situation…...