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A study found teenagers from broken homes had certain areas of their brain that were more mature than those with more stable upbringings

Social media companies need to act now to protect children after Barnardo’s reveals more than two thirds of 12-year-olds in London have posted live videos on apps and websites meant for older children and adults. A survey by YouGov for Barnardo’s found that 69% of  12-year-olds living in the capital and more than one-in-four children aged 10 (27%) have admitted live streaming content over the internet. Almost one third of 10 to 16 year-old Londoners (30%) say they or a friend have regretted posting live content on apps and websites, UK-wide research for...

Kevin McCarthy got down on one knee when he learned the love of his life, Mandy Lucitt, was suffering from incurable pancreatic cancer.

A new mum was left in tears after she was banned from breastfeeding her baby in McDonald’s – and told to take the tot into a public TOILET. Christine Wilson, 22, had gone into the fast-food restaurant in order to discreetly feed her seven-month-old son Brooklyn when he started to cry. But she was ordered out by staff who instead told her the only place she could breastfeed was in the public loos in a shopping centre. Christine has blasted...

Kids want their parents to ditch their phones, spend less time worrying about work - and stop taking embarrassing snaps of them when they are on holiday, a study has found. A poll of 1,000 6-12-year-olds found youngsters also reckon mum and dad spend too much time reading books by the pool instead of having fun and take too many naps. But the poll, by Marella Cruises, found children are most annoyed by parents who insist on making them wear excessive...

Losing a family member, friend or loved one can be extremely hard. But something that many of us are not prepared to deal with is a will that isn’t right. A will is a very personal document, but if you feel either that there has been some sort of mistake or the will was incorrectly amended later the deceased’s life, you may feel the need to challenge it. It is extremely important to remember that a will can be a...

An adoption service is supporting the call for more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to consider adoption this LGBT Adoption & Fostering Week (5-11 March 2018). Coram, which runs three dedicated adoption services in London, Cambridgeshire and the East Midlands, has supported LGBT people to adopt for many years. Jeanne Kaniuk OBE, Managing Director of Adoption at Coram said: “We welcome enquiries from prospective adopters of all sexual identities, and what is most important is that they are able...

Remember when you were a teenager and nobody seemed to understand you? That’s what most teens feel like. The unbearable amount of hormones they have in their bodies and their social environment can take a toll on any adolescent and the way that he or she behaves with the people around him or her. With that in mind, getting the perfect present for a teenager can be a daunting task. It might take you several hours to research what that...