Fire chiefs warn teenagers against risking getting trapped in toddlers’ park swings

Fire chiefs warn teenagers against risking getting trapped in toddlers’ park swings for TikTok challenge after a rash of 12 rescues in a month in London London Fire Brigade warned teenagers against against a TikTok phenomenon The social media craze sees teenagers forcing themselves into toddlers’ swings Figures show the fire brigade attended 21 instances of … Read more

Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’, unions say

Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’ so they can learn to ‘develop anti-racist views’, unions say New 128-page guidance has been given as alternative to Government teaching  Guidance adds ‘children’s racial prejudice’ is at risk of being ‘reinforced’   Conservative MPs argued that teaching toddlers about white privilege risked ‘becoming some kind of political … Read more

Twin toddlers are filmed covering their mother’s kitchen floor with fish fingers and sugar 

This is the hilarious moment a horrified mum caught her mischievous twin toddlers covering her kitchen floor in an unusual pairing – of fish fingers and sugar. Mum-of-four Gemma Innes, 37, from Measham, Leicestershire, only turned her back for a minute but the playful twins managed to ransack the cupboards and freezer. Cheeky twins Archie … Read more

Moment Mexican smugglers drop two toddlers over a 14-foot-high border barrier

Mexican smugglers have been caught on camera dropping two toddlers over a 14-foot-high border barrier into the US while a mom was assaulted and her six-month-old baby was tossed off a raft into the Rio Grande river where six other migrants drowned.   Disturbing footage released by US Customs Border and Protection Wednesday captures the moment … Read more

Parish council slammed after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment 

Parish council is slammed as ‘the meanest in the country’ after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment Hannah Lovelock, 43, from Stoke Poges, says she has ‘meanest parish in Britain’   Childminder has been told she cannot use allotment if she has children with her  Mrs Lovelock used to take daughter, Nora, four, … Read more

Psychology: More than an hour a day of screen-time increases toddlers’ risk of behavioural issues

Spending more than an hour a day watching programmes on devices may increase the risk that toddlers will have emotional and behavioural issues, a study has warned. These issues include hyperactivity, poor concentration, short attention spans and trouble connecting with other children and forging friendships. The researchers have speculated that devices are reducing the time that children … Read more

Smartphones can make toddlers’ tantrums worse rather than calm them

Giving toddlers a smartphone or a tablet to calm them down could make their tantrums even worse, a new study warns.  In experiments, US researchers observed toddlers between the ages of two and three after a cartoon they were watching ended prematurely.  Parents were also asked questions about how heavily they relied on electronic media, including … Read more

Toddler’s death after choking on sausage was accidental says coroner amid claims staff did not help

The death of a toddler who choked on a piece of sausage at a Butlin’s holiday park has been ruled accidental at an inquest today. James Manning had been on a trip to Bognor Regis, West Sussex, with his mother Natalie Reeves and grandmother Angela Knight when tragedy struck. The two-year-old, from Battle in East … Read more

Brothers of James Bulger speak publicly on toddler’s murder for the first time

The three brothers of murdered toddler James Bulger have spoken publicly for the first time about how their sibling’s death impacted how they grew up and how he is still part of their family 28 years later.     Speaking in a new documentary, Michael Fergus, 27, and half-brothers Thomas, 22 and Leon, 21, who were all … Read more