Watching fast-paced cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants leaves young children significantly less able to perform challenging tasks than those who watch more sedate TV, a new American study has found. The American Academy of Paediatrics compared sixty 4-year-old children, split into three groups f... Read more...
Children in Haiti are being sold for as little as 76 pence each (pennies) by traffickers taking advantage of the chaos from last year's earthquake, new figures from Unicef show. Some youngsters are ending up in the care of well meaning but ignorant European families, while others are being forced... Read more...