Australian doctors are over medicating children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), leading professionals say.
Just one in 50 Australian fathers are taking the option of paid paternity leave, a figure well behind the rate of other leading Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, a report has said on Friday.
Twenty-nine percent women and 18 percent men in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer obesity, Director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva said Tuesday.
More than 70 percent of Australian children are consuming more than the maximum recommended intake of salt, according to a study funded by the National Heart Foundation.
Chinese traditionally believed babies born in the Year of Monkey to be smart and confident, due to their love of the animal because it is cute and resembles humans in many ways.
Chinese traditionally believed babies born in the Year of Monkey to be smart and confident, due to their love of the animal because it is cute and resembles humans in many ways.
Australian experts warn that child-on-child sexual assaults are rising due to youth exposure to readily available pornography that depicts violent, degrading acts and coercion.
Chinese children are often portrayed as spoiled little brats raised by over-protective parents, but some of them are trying to rectify their image, in a controversial way.
For Yuan Lizhen, a migrant worker from southeastern China's Jiangxi province, her first month as a newsstand owner in Shenzhen was not as easy as it seemed.
China on Tuesday stopped requiring couples to apply for official approval before having a first or second child, following the abolition of the one-child policy.
A South Australian community is in mourning after a popular young father drove off a jetty at high speed with his two children in the car.
Circle and KoalaSafe block sites, set time limits and keep tabs on your children’s devices
Chinese lawmakers are considering amending the family planning law to advocate couples having two children amid efforts to counter shrinkage of the work force and ageing population.
As temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius across the Australian state of Victoria this week, new figures have revealed an alarming number of children being left in hot cars.
Poverty may slightly increase the risk of neurological impairment in children, leading to learning difficulties, attention deficit disorders and psychological conditions such as anxiety disorders and schizophrenia, according to a study released Wednesday by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Australian researchers believe that rising costs and pressure of pursuing a university-grade education have led to a worldwide phenomenon known as "boomerang children."
More than a quarter of New Zealand's children are living in poverty, according to a report from the government's Children's Commissioner on Tuesday.
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