#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | Girls as young as six sexting during pandemic, cyber safety research suggests

[ad_1] Girls as young as six are sending sexually explicit texts during the coronavirus pandemic, new research suggests, as parents were offered a million free downloads of a cyber safety app available on the Government’s website. So-called ‘sexts’ typed out by children in the UK have risen 183% during lockdown…

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#parent | #kids | #childabductors | ‘Accountability should apply to everyone’ says UN in call to investigate Karuna

[ad_1] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for the Sri Lankan government-backed paramilitary leader Karuna to be investigated for crimes under international law, announcing that “accountability should apply to everyone in Sri Lanka”. “We note that Karuna former LTTE commander and Government minister,…

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#parent | #kids | Meghalaya: Teacher, brother-in-law held for ‘sexually’ assaulting 12-yr-old girl | #teacher | #children | #kids

[ad_1] TURA | JUNE 26, 2020: Two persons including a teacher have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-yr-old girl in South West Garo Hills (SWGH) district of Meghalaya recently. The incident came to light after several students, who apparently witnessed the incident of the teacher’s sexual assault, informed…

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#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | Current, former students speak out against alleged systemic racism at all-girls Catholic high school

[ad_1] Former and current students at an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Toronto’s east end are coming forward with allegations of systemic racism by the school’s administration. The group is alleging there’s been a pattern of anti-Black racist behaviour at Notre Dame High School for years and that they want to bring…

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#parent | #kids | COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

[ad_1] Summary Background To date, few data on paediatric COVID-19 have been published, and most reports originate from China. This study aimed to capture key data on children and adolescents with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection across Europe to inform physicians and health-care service planning during the…

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#parent | #kids | Yemen: millions of children facing deadly hunger, amidst aid shortages and COVID-19 | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

[ad_1] Marking more than five years since conflict escalated in the country between Government forces and their allies, against Houthi rebel militias, the new UNICEF report warns the number of malnourished children could reach 2.4 million by end of year, almost half of all under-fives.  An additional 30,000 children could…

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#parent | #kids | #collegesafety | Varun Saraswathula | Even with a hybrid model, returning to campus will inevitably spread the virus

[ad_1] Views with Varun | The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t ending anytime soon By Varun Saraswathula 49 minutes ago Credit: Eric Zeng Earlier today, Penn’s administration released its plan for the Fall 2020 semester, announcing that we would be able to return to campus in a hybrid in-person and online model….

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