Child Care

The Lost Child: Suno India and Firstpost present a podcast on the country's child shelter homes

The Lost Child, a series by Suno India supported by Firstpost, gives insight into child shelter homes in India and explores the ground reality of the lives of these young people. The series will ask complex questions as it progresses: Why are shelter homes underfunded and not staffed sufficiently? Why is family restoration through counseling and support not a big priority for the government? What is being done to help children in shelter homes to cope?

Child trafficking in India: Over two lakh children missing, but who's counting the forgotten ones?

The saga of children who are victims of trafficking very rarely has a happily-ever-after ending

World Breastfeeding Week: Take this quiz to test your knowledge about its health benefits, global statistics

The World Breastfeeding Week began on 1 August, and will end on 7 August. Take this quiz to know how much you know about it.

Dallas to host memorial service for Sherin Mathews on 30 December, dedicate a bench for slain toddler

Community members in Dallas have planned a bench dedication ceremony and memorial service for the Indian toddler Sherin Mathews, who was found dead in a culvert in mysterious circumstances in October.

US woman jailed for refusing to vaccinate child, woman says vaccination goes 'against her beliefs'

A US woman was on Wednesday sentenced to seven days in jail for refusing to bring her child's vaccinations up to date, a media report said.

Kashmiri Anganwadi workers protest in Srinagar demanding better wages, permanent jobs

Kashmiri Anganwadi workers, government-sponsored children and mother care workers, shout slogans against the government during a protest in Srinagar on Monday

Gorakhpur tragedy: Varun Gandhi pledges Rs 5 cr to build pediatric wing at Sultanpur's district hospital

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday pledged to donate Rs 5 crore from his MPLADS fund to build a pediatric wing at the district hospital of Sultanpur

World Breastfeeding Week: Obsessing over the benefits of breastfeeding only leads to stress

Obsessing over the benefits of breastfeeding can make new mothers feel unnecessarily worried or guilty.

Austrian parents who took children to live in Islamic State territory sentenced to 10 years in jail

An Austrian court sentenced two couples to imprisonment for taking their children to live in an IS-controlled part of Syria and showing them execution videos.

Maneka Gandhi's remark on paternity leave is justified as most men don't perform domestic work

Paternity leave is important in theory because it establishes the fact that child care is the responsibility of both husband and wife. However, Gandhi’s apprehension is also justifiable.