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Lego faces are angrier, study finds

According to a new study from researchers in New Zealand, Lego figurines have developed a bit of an attitude problem.

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Sports drink vs water: Choice is clear

What child actually needs 34 grams of sugar in order to replenish after a one-hour sports game?

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Only 15% of SA university students graduate

The graduation rate among undergraduate students in South Africa’s 23 public universities is 15 percent.

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

Ruffled feathers over school admissions
April 9 2013 at 11:58

The admission process for Gauteng schools is starting early this year.

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It is 15 years since Andrew Wakefield published his now-discredited paper in The Lancet suggesting a link between autism and the MMR jab.

MMR scare that blighted a generation
April 9 2013 at 11:58

Natalie Haynes looks back on the MMR scare with some anger...

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The sole indication of diversity was a brown-skinned Barbie and a brunette  'possibly meant to be a Hispanic'.

Barbie party supplies questioned
April 5 2013 at 13:45

Why doesn’t Mattel make party supplies featuring black dolls, asks the mother of a five-year-old Barbie fan.

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I have no idea why any child should need to have a cellphone (smart or not) while in school.

Does a child need a cellphone?
April 5 2013 at 12:11

Bel Mooney has a simple suggestion to stop children seeing porn on smartphones...

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The research found that on average, children spend nearly two hours a day on their favourite gadgets, while more than a quarter spend more than four hours a day staring at a screen.

Straight to bed without your gadget!
April 2 2013 at 11:59

With many children now firmly attached to their electronic gadgets, parents are opting to punish them by confiscating devices.

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a booster shot at age 11 or 12.

'Whooping cough vaccine wanes'
April 2 2013 at 11:59

Protection against whooping cough starts to weaken a few years after children get their final shot, according to a study.

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It also said porn can influence children's sexual beliefs, developing unrealistic attitudes about sex, bad attitudes towards relationships and a belief that women are sex objects.

Don't leave sex education to porn stars
March 28 2013 at 11:26

Archie Bland feels lucky to have grown up without an inexhaustible supply of hardcore pornography.

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Top porn websites  some of which are among the most visited sites on the internet  are putting users' computers at risk, according to a recent study.

Tide of porn engulfing kids - UK teachers
March 27 2013 at 13:02

Delegates to a teachers' conference in Britain have asked for training in how to deliver lessons on the dangers of pornography.

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Watching TV will not harm children - study
March 26 2013 at 13:56

Children who watch three hours or more of television a day are at no greater risk of hyperactivity, a study has found.

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Children from one of the schools in the Tiger Brands Foundation feeding programme enjoy a hot breakfast. Picture: Tynago Communications

Pupils get a solid start to the day
March 26 2013 at 12:06

A school feeding initiative in Johanneburg has improved health and attention, a study has shown.

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