Washington Post: Study: Impact of drugs on kids confusing
--"Drug companies that conduct or sponsor pediatric research are motivated mostly to get their products on the market, "not to tend to the public health concerns," Benjamin said."

The Age: 1m UK children in poor housing: charity
--"More than a million children in Britain risk serious illness because their homes are cramped, run-down and damp, a charity report said on Wednesday."

ABC News: Opposition demands changes to children's commissioner bill
--"The Western Australia Parliament is debating legislation to create the position of children's commissioner, a role to monitor and report on child welfare."

Sun Star Davao: Youth council gab slated October 20-22
--"The Youth Council Federation of Davao City will be hosting the 3rd Davao City Wide Youth Congress at the oval grounds of the Davao City National High School on October 20 to 22."

Toronto Star: BeNetSafe Expands Online Child Safety
--"BeNetSafe today announced the expansion of its Internet-based chaperone search service to include Xanga, a popular social networking, blog and photoblog Web site."

Reuters: Young asylum seekers and their teachers face a test in some European nations
--""It is not the children that give us problems, but rules and regulations," said Jolanta Tyburcy, pedagogical director of a Warsaw primary school where 10 percent of the students are the children of Chechen asylum seekers."

Times Online: 'Children are being poisoned by modern life'
--"A group of 110 eminent teachers, psychologists, children’s authors and other experts have written to a newspaper urging the Government to act, warning that the demands and restrictions of the modern world are denying children the opportunity to grow up at their own pace."

The Register: Teenagers wary of new children's database
--"Young people, aged 14 to 20, polled by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the OCC, said they may be deterred from using family planning and mental health services if they thought information about their use was not confidential. They also said they are worried about the security of the index and the "potential risks" of having such a huge amount of information in one place."

People's Daily Online: Kenya to host global conference on youth unemployment
--"A global conference to discuss ways of resolving unemployment and other problems touching the youth will be held in Nairobi this week, officials confirmed on Monday."

AM Australia: Obesity study finds children exercising less [Interview]
--The University of South Australia's Associate Professor Tim Olds spoke to Annie Guest.

ABC News: War deprives children of education, study finds
--"An international report shows more than 43 million children living in war torn countries are being left without an education because of local fighting."

The Australian: Children 'worrying too much'
--"Queensland University of Technology psychologist and education researcher Dr Marilyn Campbell said adults often underestimated how strongly children felt scared and worried."