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Warning of Lingering Harm Amid Rural Pediatric Squeeze

Teachers at a New South Wales (NSW) south coast school thought their young students were coping well after the Black Summer bushfires–until wild winds swept through the playground. Royal Far West chief executive Jacqui Emery was at the school after the catastrophic fires as part of the rural children’s charity wellbeing program in disaster-affected regions….


COVID Policies Harmed Children’s Emotional and Social Development, Psychotherapist Tells National Citizen’s Inquiry

A psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology testified to the National Citizen’s Inquiry that COVID-19 policies such as masking and lockdowns harmed the emotional and social development of Canadian infants and children. “[Children] are at risk for failed developmental milestones, disrupted social-emotional interaction, and risk for reduced capacity for emotional and behavioural regulation,” registered psychotherapist…


VIDEO: Parents Should Never Buy This Swimsuit for Kids—Warns a Certified Swim Instructor

A Florida swim instructor has gone viral with a public service announcement for parents, warning them not to buy blue-colored swimsuits for their kids, as the color can make it harder to identify a child in the water. Certified infant swim instructor Nicole “Nikki” Scarnati, 32, lives in Spring Hill, Florida, where she was born…


Boy Teaches Himself to Crochet at Age 5, Uses His Craft to Help Ethiopian Kids, Wins Award

Fifteen-year-old Jonah Larson, whose dream is to become a surgeon one day, is a master at crochet—and he taught himself the craft when he was 5. What’s even more remarkable is that Larson is using his skill to change the lives of schoolchildren in Ethiopia, where he was born and  adopted as a baby. Larson, who…


Kansas Parents Could Opt Kids Out of LGBT Lessons After Bill Passes

Parents in Kansas could be able to remove their children from lessons on LGBT topics after lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday. If enacted, House Bill 2236 will allow parents to choose an alternate activity for their K–12 children if they decide lessons don’t align with their “sincerely held beliefs, values, or principles.” The majority…


Jury Selection Begins in Idaho Trial of Slain Kids’ Mother

BOISE, Idaho—Hundreds of people are expected to gather at an Idaho courthouse Monday morning as attorneys begin selecting 18 potential jurors for the trial of a woman charged in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot. Prosecutors charged Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, with conspiracy, murder, and grand theft in connection with…


Doomsday Plot? After 3 Years, Slain Children’s Mother to Stand Trial

BOISE, Idaho—It has been more than three years since police announced that two children were missing from a rural eastern Idaho town, and each twist in the grim investigation has seemed stranger than the last. Their mother claimed to be a deity, her estranged husband wrote in divorce papers. She called the children “zombies” before…


Police: 5 Dead, Including 3 Kids, at South Carolina Home

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A former soldier shot and killed an active duty member of the U.S. Army and three children at a home in South Carolina before killing himself, officials said Wednesday. The three children and two men were found shot and killed on Whitetail Circle in Sumter around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sumter police said in a…


Chicago Firefighter’s 2 Remaining Children Die After Fire Claims Wife, Son

CHICAGO—A Chicago firefighter’s two remaining children have died days after a fire at the family’s Northwest Side home also fatally injured his wife and 7-year-old son, authorities said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said firefighter Walter Stewart’s 2-year-old son, Emory Day-Stewart, and his 9-year-old daughter, Autumn Day-Stewart, died Saturday and Friday, respectively, from injuries…


Judge Splits Trials of Couple Charged in Triple Murder Case

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho—A married couple accused in a bizarre doomsday-focused triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled Thursday. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce determined that Lori Vallow Daybell would stand trial as planned on April 3, but Chad Daybell’s trial would take place at a later date, EastIdahoNews.com reported. Chad Daybell…