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Olivia Pratt may only be nine years old, but by squirrelling away birthday and Christmas gifts she has already amassed around £4,500 in savings. By contrast, after an expensive year renovating their house, her parents, Claire and Damien, have just £900 set aside for a rainy day. It may seem unusual for children to have … Read more
One in five parents and grandparents admit they don’t secure children in car seats correctly or use them at all, putting lives at risk Some 16% of parents and grandparents polled said they don’t properly fasten kinds into child seats for all journeys Another 6% don’t use a child seat at all, despite it being a … Read more
Eighteen Amish children – who mysteriously died over the course of 15 years – had all inherited a faulty gene from the same ancestor, a new report has found. Mutation of the RYR2 gene found in the heart muscle caused the organ to suddenly stop in the otherwise healthy boys and girls who were running about … Read more
A woman born with two wombs who feared she would never have children has given birth to her ‘miracle’ son. Nicola Guinness, 26, has tried to conceive ever since turning 18 – but has suffered six heartbreaking miscarriages in her quest for children. Doctors spotted her unusual anatomy at the age of 15 – a … Read more
Only a third of people in low income household with consumer debt have enough spare cash for an emergency, a new study has found. The Resolution Foundation says that consumer debt among poorer households has risen the fastest among any income group, with the proportion rising by nine percentage points. This group has become more exposed … Read more
Children with mental health problems ‘are having to attempt SUICIDE’ to get treatment because NHS trusts are turning them away ‘unless they have severe symptoms’ Third of mental health trusts in England only accept kids with ‘severe’ symptoms GPs said children were having to attempt or threaten suicide to get referred Just one in five … Read more
Why you SHOULD drink whole milk: Children who drink full fat are 40% less likely to be overweight ‘because it makes them feel fuller than semi-skimmed’ Canadian researchers reviewed more than two dozen studies on cow’s milk The results, published in a medical journal, involved data from 21,000 children None of the studies showed drinking … Read more
The heartbroken parents of two terminally-ill children have launched legal action to get a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS. Oliver, eight, and Amelia Carroll, six, suffer from fatal neuro-degenerative condition Batten disease. There is no cure for the condition, which is estimated to affect 30 to 50 children in the UK, meaning Oliver and … Read more
Fecal transplants drastically reduced autism symptoms in children, according to new research. Symptoms almost halved in 18 children given the treatment – known medically as microbiota transfer therapy. The study builds on the theory that the neurological condition may be rooted in the gut, rather than the brain. Two years after the transplant, children saw … Read more
Children who live near busy roads are at a higher risk of having developmental delays, a new study finds. Researchers say that kids who live less than one-third of a mile away from high-traffic roads such as interstates and highways were twice as likely to score lower on tests of communication skills in infancy and … Read more