A major charity is helping five US cities run an early-years education scheme which supports language development to get children...Early learning programme expanded to five new US cities
A new online book shows how ‘healthy play’ in Amsterdam can shape the futures of children growing up and playing...Show kids how to play in a healthy Amsterdam
More than four in five young people aged between 10 and 24 in the United Kingdom say they are happy...Government: Most children in the UK are ‘happy’
A bright new future for Child in the City Foundation
The non-profit Child in the City Foundation, which works for the well-being of children globally, is looking to the future with a streamlined new structure. Since 2002 this Netherlands-based foundation has been successfully organising bi-annual conferences...Read more
We street-proof our kids – why aren’t we data-proofing them?
Google recently agreed to pay a US$170 million fine for illegally gathering children’s personal data on YouTube without parental consent, which is a violation under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The United States Federal...Read more
Big differences in how Dutch councils tackle child poverty
Central and local government need to work together better to help prevent vulnerable families from falling into poverty, say two Dutch children’s organisations. A report by Save The Children Nederland and Defence for Children says that...Read more
US city of Pueblo helps homeless children return home
The US city of Pueblo is funding the return of a scheme which helps homeless children and their parents to relocate back to their home cities. The programme was originally given US$25,000 by Pueblo County in...Read more
Food habits of kids in Accra show how unhealthy diets take root
What we eat is changing on a global scale. Changes in the types of food that are available and affordable, where we buy food and how we prepare it carry significant consequences for nutrition and...Read more
Greta & Divina honoured by Dutch children’s organisation
A Dutch children’s rights organisation has awarded its annual prize to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg and a 14-year-old peace campaigner from Cameroon. KidsRights has given its International Children’s Peace Prize to Thunberg and peace activist...Read more
Filmmaker documents youngsters’ city lives
The lives of toddlers in two contrasting cities on opposite sides of the world are chronicled in videos from the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF), which works to improve disadvantaged children’s lives. Five short films highlight...Read more
Scotland makes smacking children a crime
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Parents and carers are currently allowed to use ‘reasonable’, physical force to discipline children, but...Read more
UK city roads ‘unsafe for children’, say drivers
The streets of British cities are too dangerous for children to safely walk down – so say car drivers themselves. With the number of road deaths rising, safety campaigners are supporting drivers’ calls for the transformation...Read more
The rise of Germany’s ‘play streets’
Can play streets help address the problem of dwindling playgrounds in German cities? That’s the hope of planners who want to make the urban landscape truly child-friendly People are moving to the cities but this has...Read more
So much more than just a skatepark
It’s the first ever skatepark built in Syria but, if you ask the kids, it might just be the most important skatepark in the world. After living through years of conflict, children in the Syrian city...Read more