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Can too much sunblock cause rickets?

Rickets is returning in children due partly to lack of outdoor play and to diets low in foods rich in vitamin D.

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‘Children with two parents more intelligent’

Being with both parents in the earliest years of life leads to a child developing more brain cells, scientists say.

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Keep kids on the same plate

Children who eat ‘kids’ meals’ have unhealthier diets than those who eat the same dinner as their parents, according to research.

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The 'princess role' is resulting in a reduction in 'real play', as girls wearing fashionable, impractical and expensive clothes are often 'anxious about getting them dirty'.

How to beat tiara tyranny
March 11 2013 at 14:18

Parents are turning their girls into ‘pink potentates’ by allowing them to dress up as princesses every day, an expert says.

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Just over 39 percent of children live with their mothers only.

‘Only third of SA kids live with both parents’
March 11 2013 at 13:01

Only 33 percent of children in South Africa live with both parents, the SA Institute of Race Relations says.

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File photo: Parents queue up at Bree primary school in Fordsburg as they try to register the children. Picture: Itumeleng English

Time to get going on school applications
March 11 2013 at 13:01

Western Cape parents of children who will be starting primary or high school next year can already begin to enrol them.

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When asked what activities they like to do together in this time, a quarter of parents (24 percent) like to read with their child in this time.

Again, again! Let’s learn to read
March 6 2013 at 13:04

The business of helping preschool children learn their first words is surprisingly simple - repetition and familiarity.

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The NSPCC, which provides treatment to help reform children who exhibit signs of harmful sexual behaviour, said easy access to indecent material may be behind the increase in the numbers being treated.

Online porn ‘warping children’s minds’
March 6 2013 at 13:05

Children as young as five are being reported to the police over sex offences, a British charity has warned.

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Though parents are often scrupulous at setting up filters to protect children from sexual material, many of the most disturbing things seen by young people are unlikely to be picked up by a filter.

When a kid’s laptop means chores
February 28 2013 at 13:11

Poor kids in the developing world given laptops may wind up reading less, according to a new study in Peru.

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Pink bricks build sales for Lego
February 26 2013 at 14:15

A range of ‘sexist’ toys aimed at young girls sent Lego sales soaring last year.

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Mia Martheze, 10, enjoys a foot massage at a day spa. Picture: Matthews Baloyi

Is a spa a step too far in spoiling?
February 26 2013 at 13:02

Many spas now offer Children’s pamper treatments. But are we sending kids the wrong message, asks Helen Grange.

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File photo: White roses honouring children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School hang at a memorial. There's no good evidence on what types of treatment might help ward off anxiety and stress disorders in children and teens exposed to traumatic events, such as mass shootings, according to a US study.

How best to help kids after trauma?
February 25 2013 at 12:11

There's no good evidence on what types of treatment might help children exposed to traumatic events, according to a study.

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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga

Call for return of technical schools
February 21 2013 at 08:10

Technical schools that cater to the needs of non-academic pupils need to be restarted, concerned educationists say.

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