Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Imagine if the federal government could lift millions of American children out of poverty with a single program. This program would help parents put nutritious meals on the table, pay for school fees and even save for their children’s college – all without negative impact on the economy. You don’t have to … Read more
More than a million families are facing big tax bills within weeks. High-earning parents who claim Child Benefit are likely to be affected over the next financial year. Finance experts say this little-known issue centers on what’s known as High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC), which was introduced in January 2013, reports the Mirror. It’s … Read more
It has been revealed how long children should exercise per day in new Government guidelines, which for the first time includes disabled kids. the recommendationsbacked by research from Durham University, the University of Bristol and Disabilities Rights UK, highlight the significant physical and mental benefits of regular exercise. Chief medical officers Sir Chris Whitty, Sir … Read more
Christian Maire, of Binghamton, NY, died in an attack at a federal prison in Milan, Mich It was four years ago when Christian Maire sobbed in court and begged for mercy for running a child porn ring that targeted vulnerable teenage girls on the internet, manipulated them into performing sex acts online and even convinced … Read more
On this week’s episode of , the new E! reality show about celebrities’ kids attempting to survive and work on a ranch, actor 27-year-old son, Harry James Thornton, revealed he hid the fact that he had a second child from his dad for a year and a half. “Okay, so I had Mia, and I … Read more
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. (Archive Photos / Getty Images) There are great parallels between the birth pangs of Social Security and President Joe Biden’s domestic political agenda in the Build Back Better package. Both proposed radical changes to the social pact between working Americans and their government. … Read more
Just under half of England’s 16 to 65s (49.1%) had maths skills at the same levels expected of primary school age children (Entry Levels 1 to 3) – that’s an estimated 16.8m people Of that 6.8% were on a par with what 5 to 7-year-olds are expected to understand, 16.9% on a par with a … Read more
A 12-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he sledded onto a road Oklahoma, police said. The youngster, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was one of two boys struck by vehicles in separate incidents less than an hour apart while sledding Thursday in Broken Arrow, police said. “In each of the incidents, the … Read more
A disgraced colleague convicted of attempting to rape a young girl and sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 11 in the 1970s has been jailed for more than five years. In January, former politician Lord Nazir Ahmed was found guilty of sexually abusing two children as a teenager in Rotherham. The 64-year-old, who … Read more
Karla Kaiser comforts 2-month-old Kayli at Medford Family Life Education Center, a shelter in Massachusetts, on March 27, 2020. (Erin Clark / The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing … Read more
