City leaders in Amsterdam say that almost two-thirds of the city’s residents are happy that a default 30km/h speed limit was introduced last year.
The council has been canvassing the views of inhabitants about the average...Read more
Almost every one of us breathes polluted air, the vast majority of adolescents don’t get the recommended levels of physical activity, and road traffic fatalities are the number one killer of the under-30s age group.
These...Read more
The UK Government has advised schools to restrict the use of smartphones by students. This seems to be supported by the current evidence which suggests that restrictions of phone use can benefit student performance.Read more
Parents in Austria can use a specially-devised online map to help their children avoid traffic accident ‘hot spots’ when travelling to and from school. Read more
The Australian Government wants to ban kids from social media – but will it work and is it a good idea?
Teaching children to use technology appropriately is not a new challenge for parenting. However,...Read more
|Comment|author: Pursuit at University of Melbourne
Sameerah Abdullah sends her three school-aged kids to a cyber charter school for some of the same familiar reasons that other families across the nation do, including the flexibility and personalisation.Read more
While the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings significant opportunities for societal development, the intersection of AI and child rights presents a growing concern.Read more
Banning smoking in playgrounds and other children’s outdoor areas forms part of proposed stiffer European legislation on smoke-free environments.Read more
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) updated European city air quality viewer shows that people in Uppsala and Umeå, Sweden, and Faro, Portugal, can enjoy the cleanest city air in Europe.
Three out of four Europeans...Read more
A blanket 30km/h speed limit is one of the major recommendations of a European Commission working group for improving road safety in urban areas.Read more
A new paper by UNICEF sets out the main sources of air pollution affecting children, and lays out actions which should be taken globally to tackle this critical issue – with young people urged to...Read more