BBC Culture polled 177 experts from 56 countries to find the greatest children's books ever. From Where the Wild Things Are to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, here's the top 100.
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eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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BBC Culture polled 177 experts from 56 countries to find the greatest children's books ever. From Where the Wild Things Are to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, here's the top 100.
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Even the most gentle, positive or responsive of parents aren’t immune to yelling at their kids. But it can often make everyone feel worse.
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Tracking your child’s location is not something to be taken lightly, but there are many options available.
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Give children credit, agency and listen to them and you will have a successful visit.
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A photo of a child posted online can end up in the hands of strangers, added to massive databases without consent, or altered with AI to bully and blackmail.
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Parents posting prank videos risk doing real psychological harm to their youngest children.
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Few things capture the magic of the holiday season like the eyes of a child. And then, they become teenagers.
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Members of families tackling shiftwork and a fly-in-fly-out lifestyle can often miss out on Christmas festivities, but with a little festival season magic, and lot of preparation, these Australians are making it work.
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As this year draws to a close, CNN’s Thomas Lake still remembers the fear he felt one recent Saturday morning at a 5k race in suburban Atlanta as he waited for his 11-year-old son at the finish line. What he discovered that day surprised him — and taught him an important lesson.
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The good news is, it’s perfectly OK for children to watch and repeat. In fact, it can help them learn.
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People often ask us how to cope with grief during the holiday season and especially how to help children. Here is some advice we give.
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Families say childhood dementia is underfunded and under-researched and they want greater public awareness to help improve their children's short lives.
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There’s no surefire way to keep kids safe, but some toys are far riskier than others.
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A kiwi gamer says he's spent around $16,000 on loot boxes, or virtual treasure chests, in online video games. Games like Counter-strike and FIFA, now EA FC, allow players to spend real money to open them, and win in game rewards. Problem gambling groups are worried about the sums of money being spent on loot boxes, which they say operate in much the same way as real-life gambling. Luka Forman has more.
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Children reported that they worry about weight gain and engage in unhealthy behaviors to compensate, such as only eating low-calorie foods.
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Religious and ideological extremists are using gaming platforms to disseminate propaganda, network, recruit and generate funds online, targeting children as young as 12.
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There’s a stigma around struggling adolescents. Some women quit their jobs to look after them – but it’s not about poor parenting, it’s just life
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At 43, Claire Mulcahy realised she could no longer afford to live alone. Living with her mother was not the life trajectory she expected but it has come with its own opportunities
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Many TikTok creators, including creators of pornography, use the platform to promote themselves and their explicit content on other platforms.
Como docentes debemos educar en el uso correcto de las plataformas digitales, y para ello, debemos contar con toda la comunidad educativa, especialmente con los padres, dotándoles de informaciĂłn y recursos que les permitan conocer los riesgos a los que se exponen sus hijos, y fomentar la colaboraciĂłn hacia una Ăşnica direcciĂłn de prevenciĂłn y protecciĂłn, sobre la que partamos de un conocimiento interno de las redes que utilizan los alumnos y proponer planteamientos de reflexiĂłn sobre el contenido que visualizan desde el pensamiento crĂtico y la Ă©tica.
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It is almost a year since ChatGPT burst onto the scene. Generative artificial intelligence has become incredibly assessable to everyone, including young people.
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The proportion of young adults living with their parents is on a steep rise. What does it mean for parents who had been expecting an empty nest?
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As we enter the winter holiday season, shame-based diet culture pressure, often wrapped up with toxic positivity to appear encouraging, increases. The good news is that parents can take an active role in helping teens craft an emotionally healthier narrative around their eating habits.
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They started playing football as kids, began to suffer mentally and died before 30. Researchers found they had C.T.E., the brain disease linked to hits to the head. If their families could go back, would they still let them play?
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Teens have used AI apps, even if their parents have not. Here are three key lessons for families about the uses and abuses of AI.
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A meta-analysis of 34 studies has explored how disordered screen use may impact the cognitive performance of individuals.