Freedom News: The space between us: Parenting and the generation gap
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/29/the-space-between-us-parenting-and-the-generation-gap/
I am not the parent I thought I’d be, but revolutions rarely unfold as we predict
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#Analysis#Comment#Opinion#Children #Education#Generations#Parenting
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US-based online retailer bans melatonin sales to Australia after jump in child overdoses https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-29/iherb-suspends-sale-melatonin-supplements-kids-overdose/105712268#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals#Children'sHealth #Parenting#Children#Sleep
US-based online retailer bans melatonin sales to Australia after jump in child overdoses https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-29/iherb-suspends-sale-melatonin-supplements-kids-overdose/105712268#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals#Children'sHealth #Parenting#Children#Sleep
#Kyiv, #Ukraine
People sit at the site of an apartment building that was hit during Russian drone and missile strikes.
Photograph: Reuters

A girl sits on the rubble of her damaged home after flash floods. Heavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and killing hundreds of people in one of the deadliest monsoon seasons in recent years, Pir Baba, #Pakistan
Photograph: Muhammad Sajjad/AP
Most Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life say the start of a new term after summer break feels painful, a recent survey shows, with 93.1% of respondents saying they “wanted to disappear from the world.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/summer-vacation-end-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #children #suicide #mentalhealth
School closures as a result of funding cuts are pushing Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/society/school-rohingya-refugee-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #unhcr #myanmar #children #humanrights #usaid #un #unicef
A girl sits on the rubble of her damaged home after flash floods. Heavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and killing hundreds of people in one of the deadliest monsoon seasons in recent years, Pir Baba, #Pakistan
Photograph: Muhammad Sajjad/AP
"It’s not surprising, then, that whole podcasts and books exist to talk about the harmful results of Dobson’s teachings. He was a psychologist who didn’t seem to comprehend what it means to be human."
#JamesDobson#Republicans #evangelicals#LGBQTQ #patriarchy #children#MaleEntitlement #homophobia #heterosexism
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Be wary/cautious of any adults who treat children as property & not individual human beings with personal autonomy.
There's no such thing as parental rights - only #ParentalResponsibility & #RightsOfChildren.
Too many adults either forget or ignore these facts.
Be wary/cautious of any adults who treat children as property & not individual human beings with personal autonomy.
There's no such thing as parental rights - only #ParentalResponsibility & #RightsOfChildren.
Too many adults either forget or ignore these facts.

“Israel ignores well over 2,000 extradition requests for paedophiles”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@palestine
@israel
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@BBCNews
@guardian @Independent @thetimes @UKLabour
“Coloniser provides safe haven for huge number of child rapists”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/20/israel-ignores-well-over-2000-extradition-requests-for-paedophiles/
#Press #Israel#SafeHaven#Paedophiles#Rapists#Children#Extradition#Request#Organised #ChildRape
“Israel ignores well over 2,000 extradition requests for paedophiles”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@palestine
@israel
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@BBCNews
@guardian @Independent @thetimes @UKLabour
“Coloniser provides safe haven for huge number of child rapists”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/20/israel-ignores-well-over-2000-extradition-requests-for-paedophiles/
#Press #Israel#SafeHaven#Paedophiles#Rapists#Children#Extradition#Request#Organised #ChildRape
Students in Gaza have continued music classes from displacement camps and shattered buildings even after Israel's bombardments forced them to abandon schools in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/world/society/gaza-music-therapy-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #children #mentalhealth #music
An internal Meta document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/companies/meta-ai-chatbot-flirt-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ai #meta #facebook #children #tech

I'm interested in reading studies about how #covid infections affect young #children & #teenagers with #autism.
Especially on how multiple infections can affect #autistic #neurology.
I'm interested in reading studies about how #covid infections affect young #children & #teenagers with #autism.
Especially on how multiple infections can affect #autistic #neurology.

A 76 year old New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a #Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman’s persona that purported to be real, even giving the man a real address in NYC to come be with her. His attraction which ended in his #death puts a spotlight on Meta’s AI guidelines, which have let chatbots make things up & engage in 'sensual' banter with #children.