Junk food lure for children
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia... Australian Association of National Advertisers executive director Collin Segelov said advertising to children was "not a public issue".

Youth group holds mock funerals to protest Ottawa's climate change ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,CanadaTORONTO (CP) - Young people in 14 cities across Canada are holding funerals Wednesday - funerals for their future. The newly formed Canadian Youth Climate ...

TV with sub-titles 'will help children to read'
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom... Parents who say they are too busy to read to their children should let them watch television – but only with the sub-titles on, a literacy expert says today.

Shanghai's youth care for their parents
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China... over the age of 18, all of whom were the only children in their ... Researchers found the only-child generation was both very heavy dependent on its parents ...

Child rights groups want special magistrates
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa... Children of divorced parents were often caught up in litigation, where their rights ... Roome said magistrates who could create a child-friendly system within the ...

Children signing away rights - unions
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia...Children as young as 14 were signing away basic work conditions, leaving them vulnerable to unscrupulous employers, unions said today.

Book about life on prairie farm wins Canadian children's ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,CanadaTORONTO (CP) - Poet and novelist Pamela Porter of Sidney, B.C., won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for her book "The Crazy Man," about life on a prairie wheat farm.