United Kingdom

Parents should approach screen time based on child's age: report

The UK's first ever screen time guidance advises British parents to organise screen time around their child's needs and activities, not the other way around.

4 January 2019

United Kingdom

UK children exceed sugar limit for 18-year-olds by age ten: report

Children in the UK are reaching the recommended sugar limit for an 18-year-old by the age of ten, according to Public Health England.

3 January 2019

World

Jordan's school challenge: educating Syrian refugee children with disabilities

In partnership with The European Commission

In this episode of Aid Zone Euronews' Monica Pinna travels to Jordan to look at how the EU and other international organisations are supporting the country's efforts to integrate Syrian refugee children into the national school system.

20 December 2018

Indonesia

Euroviews. It’s time for the youth to act against climate change | View

The world's population is the youngest it has ever been. Young people are being directly impacted by climate change - and it is their voice that is going to make a difference in the fight to slow it down.

3 December 2018

France

French MPs vote for 'symbolic' ban on smacking children

France has got closer to prohibiting smacking children after French MPs voted for a 'symbolic' ban that's meant to educate parents not to use corporal punishment.

30 November 2018

Switzerland

Swiss councillor barred from vote after nursing baby outside chamber

The decision to bar a council member from a vote after she left the room to breastfeed her baby has sparked conflict between politicians in the Swiss city of Basel.

23 November 2018

World News

World Children's Day: What is the global status of children?

Children have their rights denied every single day. On World Children’s Day, The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) aims to build a world where every child has the right to basic human needs such as freedom, food, water, shelter and education.

20 November 2018

Romania

European heroes: The women fighting for early education in Romania

It's hard to say which member of the Hawke family is more famous in Romania: Hollywood actor Ethan or his mother, Leslie, who helped thousands of children attend schools.

12 November 2018

France

How do you explain World War One to children?

“The ultimate commandment for talking to children about difficult issues is simple: tell the truth."

9 November 2018

World

Less screen time for children is linked to better cognition, study says

Less than two hours of recreational screen time for children is linked to better cognition - according to an observational study in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

27 September 2018

World News

Euroviews. Dads aren’t babysitters, they’re parents | View

Why sharing child-raising responsibilities more equally can be good for everyone involved.

25 September 2018

Yemen

Civilian casualties soar in Yemen’s Hodeidah

The monthly death toll in the strategic port city was up 164% in June-August from the first five months of the year.

24 September 2018

Yemen

Children eat leaves in a bid to avoid starvation in war-torn Yemen

Zahra, a seven-month-old, has already been treated for severe malnourishment. If not treated soon she will die.

17 September 2018

United Kingdom

Archbishop defends British MP after activists hound his children

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Downing Street and UK politicians have come forward to defend Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg after activists surrounded his London home and intimidated his children.

13 September 2018

Italy

Children can bring packed lunches to school, Italian top court rules

After one city in Italy tried to ban children from bringing their own packed lunches to school, the country's top administrative court overruled the measure.

5 September 2018

World

Children in DRC begin to return to school after Ebola outbreak

Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are starting to return to school following a regional Ebola outbreak, that has killed over 70 people so far.

4 September 2018

United Kingdom

More than a fifth of 14-year-old girls in UK have self-harmed — report

More than one-fifth of UK girls aged 14 said they had self-harmed, a new study has found.

29 August 2018

Yemen

UN seeks 'credible' investigation into Yemen bus attack

The United Nations calls for an investigation in to a Saudi-led coalition attack on a bus that left at least 29 children dead.

10 August 2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Education is the key to the future of the country

The Minister of Education, Mirwais Balkhi visits a school hit by an explosion in January in Kabul as President Ghani may ask the Taliban for a ceasefire during next months Eid holiday on 22 August

22 July 2018

United Kingdom

New picture of Prince George released on the eve of fifth birthday

A new picture of Prince George, who's third in line to the British throne, was released on the eve of his fifth birthday.

21 July 2018