Young people are more susceptible to germs because their immune systems aren’t as mature as adults. In fact, 80% of infectious diseases are spread by touch . So sharing books, desks and devices when kids go back to school may mean your children are more at risk of being susceptible to bugs that could make them ill.
So, as primary and secondary school classrooms across the country...
Does my teenager have a gaming addiction? Cyber security expert reveals the warning signs
Unhealthy gaming habits are becoming more prevalent in our children to the extent that the World Health Organization has classed gaming addiction as a disorder. While playing games can be educational and improve hand-eye coordination, excessive gaming, or I nternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) can severely...
Education law experts offer their advice ahead of the February 15th deadline
February 15th marks the official ‘Phase Transfer’ deadline – the date by which local councils must issue the updated Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for children who have them, naming the placement or type of school they should attend from September 2022.
Plymouth-based Biovault Family has announced a new partnership with The Baby Academy to provide free baby safety workshops throughout 2022.
The sessions are available on line via My Baby Academy and provide parents with practical advice on topics such as allergic reactions in babies, baby rashes, teething, baby ear infections, and administering medicine correctly to your baby....
Free confidential and impartial support to help people make a Universal Credit claim will continue to be delivered across Great Britain for the fourth year running.
From: Department for Work and Pensions and David Rutley MP
The Department for Work and Pensions ‘Help to Claim’ support will be delivered independently by Citizens Advice, in partnership with Citizens Advice Scotland,...
Get NHS advice quickly ahead of ‘winter like no other’
The NHS in Devon is encouraging local people to use NHS 111 online to get urgent medical advice quickly as we enter what England’s top doctor says will be a ‘winter like no other’.
Patients should continue to come forward for care and are still being encouraged to speak to a pharmacist, GP or call 111 if they need urgent advice...
With children and young people back in the classroom, and more mixing now possible with a change to the guidance around things like bubbles, we're seeing a rise in coronavirus cases among the school-age population, and it's likely that this will continue.
In almost all of the cases the young person has shown no sign of having the virus, or only very mild symptoms.
After the first lockdown, many parents found that their usually, confident children had developed some separation anxiety once they were heading back to school and nursery and speaking with parents it seems, particularly in younger children, that this will be the case again after this lockdown.
Here are my tips to help but it is important to remember that how you react will impact...
As parents around the country are busy arranging their childcare for the Easter holidays and planning ahead for the rest of the year, Parenting Daily asked the policy experts at HMRC about Tax-Free Childcare and how our readers could (and should) be benefitting from it:
Q: What is Tax-Free Childcare?
A: Tax-Free Childcare is a government funded top-up scheme to help eligible families...
