Glass Wings Blog: Children

A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration
‘A place for kids to play and a place to store water’: the stormwater capture zone that is also a playground
A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now
A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet
Amid stifling summers Japan warns of future restrictions on children’s sport
An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist
ANALYSIS: Why are B.C. kids sick all the time? Health experts explain
The Anarchic Playgrounds Where Putting Kids At Risk Is The Point
Another Measles Outbreak Leads To 3 Week Quarantine For Over 100 Children
Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube
Australian kids under 16 will soon be banned from social media – but parents still don’t know which apps are out
Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery
The beach is an amazing place to teach kids about science. Here are 3 things to try this summer
Birth alerts are meant to help children at risk of abuse. They are routinely used against Aboriginal mothers
Bringing picture books to life for blind and visually impaired children
Can a child legally take puberty blockers? What if their parents disagree?
Can School Plays Change Kids’ Lives?
Children among six killed in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attack
Children aren’t reading for pleasure according to new research – here’s how you can help them love books
Children born now may live in a world where the US can only produce half as much of its key food crops
Children in need of ‘rescuing’: challenging the myths at the heart of the global adoption industry
"Children of Paradise" is the greatest film to come out of France, even 80 years on
Children of the 1960s watch in pain as the story of our lifetime is erased
Children, Pregnant Women Mistreated in Immigration Detention, Sen. Ossoff Says
Children will get sentences ‘more punitive than necessary’ under new crime law, Queensland LNP admits
Children’s Laureate Alex Wharton on the power of language, rhythm and reading
Commodifying childhood: NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day
Disney erases queer Kids – Now look what’s happening 🏳 🌈💀
Eight countries pledge to ban corporal punishment in ‘fundamental shift’ for children
Entrepreneur Transforms Old Cement Bags into Solar-Charging Backpacks to Help Children Read at Night
Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show
Even experts disagree over whether social media is bad for kids. We examined why
Everything We Believe About Kids And Phones Might Be Wrong, Study Finds
Falling vaccination rates put children at risk of preventable diseases. Governments need a new strategy to boost uptake
Fix the News 311: No ordinary pilgrims. Cosmic waves 💫. China energy 🤯. Global child poverty. Rewilding in England. Jaguars!
Free school meals to be extended to 500,000 more children
The government’s social media ban for kids will exempt ‘low-risk’ platforms. What does that mean?
How China’s pandas became its most valuable diplomats – and its vulnerable children
How Kids Are Learning Empathy at School
How Madagascar is rising to the challenge of vaccinating its unprotected kids
How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia
The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up
‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo
I was a child soldier – here’s what it’ll take to protect young lives in conflict zones
‘I was very fearful of my parents’: new research shows how parents can use coercive control on their children
I’m a children’s writer – and celebrity children’s books undervalue my craft
In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating
In her new children’s book, Jacinda Ardern explores working ‘mum guilt’ through her daughter’s eyes
‘Inhaling the microplastics’: what is in British children’s school uniforms?
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report
‘It feels like I am being forced to harm a child’: research shows how teachers are suffering moral injury
It takes a village to raise a child, but not everybody gets the support
John Marsden had no biological children but raised generations of kids
Jonathan Haidt’s Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice Odgers
Julianne Moore’s children’s book about redheads is under ‘review’. What’s happening with US book bans under Trump?
Kenya, Uganda cross-border polio vaccination reaches 6.5 million children
Kids cheering ‘chicken jockey!’ at A Minecraft Movie isn’t antisocial – it creates a chance for us to connect
Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds
The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet
‘Kindness’ is named Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024
The lasting scars of war: How conflict shapes children’s lives long after the fighting ends
Layla’s final year of school was disrupted by floods and fires. The toll of climate disasters on children is only getting worse
‘Like a sylvan spa!’ Inside Zurich’s staggering, revolutionary new hospital for kids
‘Literally just child gambling’: what kids say about Roblox, lootboxes and money in online games
Long COVID Is Harming Too Many Kids
Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features
Many children suffering ongoing Covid symptoms
Meet the kids who can't go to school, and are pursuing their passions instead
Mike Hewson creates controversial children's playgrounds. Explore his latest creation
Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight
Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
My child is at camp and my phone pings nonstop with photos. Does anyone really want this?
"The Mystery of the Third Planet": An Intro to Soviet Animation With a Children’s Adventure Turned Cult Classic
New Barbie with type 1 diabetes could help kids with the condition feel seen – and help others learn
New York City Sues Instagram Rather Than Teach Kids Filters Aren’t Real
New Zealand is a poster child for industrial electrification. Can Australia follow suit?
Next week, millions of children across the globe will read this Australian book at the same time
Not just ‘growing pains’: 1 in 5 Australian kids live with chronic pain, but it’s often invisible
Not just kids: Everyone to be age verified for social media
Number of NSW children in youth detention up by one third, new data shows
‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
Online games should not be included in Australia’s social media ban – they are crucial for kids’ social lives
Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive
Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows
Queensland children as young as 10 face life sentences for murder as tough new laws pass parliament
Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?
The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
Researchers watched 150 episodes of Bluey – they found it can teach kids about resilience for real life
Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection
Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds
Startups Implosion Will Render $800 Emotional Support Robots For Children Into Useless Bricks
Tech can help kids connect with nature and go outdoors – here are tips to make it work
‘There’s no such thing as someone else’s children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet assent
‘They’re meant to help and did the complete opposite’: many children feel silenced by family courts
TN Govt. Saves School Children From Smut Like Magic Tree House, Calvin & Hobbes, & A Light In The Attic
Toll of Trump’s USAID cuts on Australian aid revealed, with projects to help children among hardest hit
Unvaccinated kids face up to 20 times higher risk of long COVID, analysis finds
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Vance’s Double Standard: Nazi Jokes Are “Kids Being Kids,” But Mocking Charlie Kirk Gets Your Visa Revoked
WA had the highest rates of Indigenous child removal in the country. At last, the state is finally facing up to it
What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System
When the kids of teen mums go to school, both mum and child can cop stigma
Why it’s important to read aloud to your kids – even after they can read themselves
With Science ‘Tapas,’ Migrant Children Sample a World of Possibilities
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