Children and Family

Children as young as ten are a target for cosmetic surgery apps and makeover games since they are likely to make them feel dissatisfied with their own appearance. In this day and age, it is common for children to become dissatisfied with their looks and are opting to do something about it, whether it involves undergoing surgery or non-surgical treatments including the likes of Botox, Lip Fillers and laser hair removal London to fight against fast hair regrowth. But are...

A gobsmacked midwife cancelled her dentist appointment so she could see the birth of a baby boy - who tipped the scales at a whopping 12 lbs. Theo Brown came into the world on September 6 weighing nearly twice the average of a newborn. Exhausted mother Paula Brown gave birth naturally to the large baby after spending six hours in labour. One week old Theo with his mum and dad Paula and Gareth Brown back home in Great Harwood. After...

A furious mum has blasted Instagram for removing a photograph of her 12-year-old son who has a facial deformity - after another user complained about the image. Brave Harry Beswick was born with Goldenhar syndrome, which means he has no left eye, eye socket, nostril and left ear. Mum Charlie, 38, posts pictures of Harry and his twin brother Oliver to 12,000 followers on her Instagram account, called Our Altered Life. Harry has a prosthetic eye, but when Charlie, from...

A father has vowed to withdraw his son from school until teachers stop giving him a daily detention - for wearing the wrong SHOES. Noah Stott, 12, has been given a detention three days in a row for wearing what teachers at Treviglas College said were trainers. His father Phil insists the black pair of Nike Air Force 1s, which retail at £74.95, were shoes as described on the brand's website. Noah Stott's Nike trainers. But the school said otherwise,...

The parents of a toddler who recently lived through a life-threatening liver transplant are terrified his four-year-old brother may face the same ordeal. Laura and Liam Keenan had to watch as their 14-month-old son Harry battled through a liver transplant operation in late August. He was diagnosed with a rare genetic protein deficiency. But now 29-year-old primary school teacher Laura says their four-year-old son Max is also showing one of the same symptoms as Harry. Max's veins are protruding which...

A pregnant mum has created a buzz after posing for maternity photos - with 20,000 BEES swarming around her baby bump. Brave Emily Mueller got the honeybees to settle on her stomach by holding the queen bee in a cage in her hand. The 33-year-old is a full-time beekeeper who keeps 24 hives containing around 1.2 millions bees and says she’s been stung a whopping 350 times this year alone. But she said she wasn’t scared about having the photos...

Kids are often overwhelmed by homework assignments that they receive during the week at school. Parents are often the ones who feel the burden of this work, because kids come to them for help. The instinct to help out in these situations is natural, as nobody wants to see their kids go through a hard time. But you could be doing more harm than good. There is an old saying that claims that the worst thing you can do for...

A father has told of his heartbreak after his son inherited the same rare degenerative condition as him and is now struggling with mobility -- aged just five Andrew Frerichs, 51 and son Calum, 5, both live with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a condition which affects the dexterity of their hands and legs. But dad Andrew does not want his son to be disadvantaged by the disease, which caused him some pain growing up. Andrew was diagnosed aged 11, after inheriting...

A miracle mum has donated more than 600 GALLONS of her own breastmilk to help hundreds of other parents feed their babies. Selfless Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, 29, devotes ten hours a day to her “labour of love” and says it’s like a full-time job. The mum-of-two has Hyperlactation Syndrome which means she pumps around 225oz (1.75gallons) of breastmilk a day - almost ten times the 27oz average. Credit: 'Steffi K Photography / SWNS.com'Breast milk donor Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra feeding her daughter Sophia....