Save the Children chief says connecting Gazan children is a "real moment of hope and peril"

Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the organization is trying to connect more than 17,000 separated Gazan children with their family members "It's a real moment of hope and peril at the same time," she said.

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WATCH: Trump children arrive at US Capitol for inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump’s sons and daughters entered the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday.
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Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold

After the fighting paused, Hamas began to free some of its hostages, releasing 3, and Israel said it had released 90 Palestinian prisoners.
The New York Times - 19h
Bitterness and hope as Gazans consider return to destroyed homes

Yahoo News - 10h
Trump children arrive for inauguration ceremony

President-elect Donald Trump's children arrived Monday at the Capitol for Trump's inauguration ceremony. Norah O'Donnell anchored CBS News' special report.
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Transcript: Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Jan. 19, 2025

The following is the transcript of an interview with Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Jan. 19, 2025.
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Parents who make this simple mistake raise ‘mentally weak children,’ says psychiatrist: 'You are increasing your self-esteem by stealing theirs'

Parents who do too much for their kids are setting them up to lack crucial mental resilience, says psychiatrist and bestselling author Daniel Amen. Here's why.
CNBC - 2d
Justice Department says Alabama institutionalizes too many children with disabilities

The U.S. Justice Department says Alabama is unnecessarily institutionalizing children with physical disabilities in nursing homes and hospitals
ABC News - 3d
Sibling rivalry: parents favour older children and daughters, study finds

International research also reveals conscientious or agreeable children are likely to receive preferential treatment. As Philip Larkin once noted, your mum and dad have a lasting effect on you. ...
The Guardian - 4d
Nigerian authorities round up street children seen as "security threat"

Sharia police in Nigeria's Kano state say they've "mopped up 300 of these boys from the streets" and put them in a camp for "rehabilitation."
CBS News - Jan. 10
Israeli drone strike in West Bank kills two children, Palestinians say

Yahoo News - Jan. 9
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children

The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.
The New York Times - Jan. 9
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children

The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.
The New York Times - Jan. 9
Israeli Strike in West Bank Kills 3, Including Children

Violence has escalated in the occupied territory over the last year and a half, as Israel conducts raids targeting armed fighters with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The New York Times - Jan. 8
Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals

In new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, leading researchers to propose action to protect kids. Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research has ...
The Guardian - Jan. 8
Report: Israeli attack kills three in West Bank, including children

Yahoo News - Jan. 8
Bid to halt children's bill sickening, says Phillipson

The education secretary criticises a push for a new inquiry into grooming gangs by halting progress of the bill.
BBC News - Jan. 8
Punks distribute toys to children in need for Three Kings Day in Mexico City

“The bases of punk are mutual support and solidarity,” said José Luis Escobar, who created a project called Kings Punks decades ago.
NBC News - Jan. 7
Chef Alexander Smalls celebrates Sunday dinner with his new children's book

In his new children's book, "When Alexander Graced the Table," James Beard Foundation Award winner Alexander Smalls shares the story of a young boy learning to contribute to family meals with a ...
CBS News - Jan. 7
Kash Patel’s Maga kids’ book is embarrassing. I should know – I’m a children’s author

The Plot Against the King, a thinly veiled take on the ‘stolen’ 2020 election, has a few hits and lots of misses. You don’t have to agree with someone’s politics to appreciate their writing. Roald ...
The Guardian - Jan. 7
Opinion: If 'Baby Shark' represents the worst of children's music, this is the genre's best

The Armenian Canadian singer of "Baby Beluga" and "Bananaphone," who has been making music for kids since the 1970s, is an antidote to today's frenetic earworms.
Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7
Fluoride once again scrutinized for possible effect on children's brains

A new report once again raises the question of whether there is a link between fluoride in drinking water and lower IQ levels in children.
NBC News - Jan. 6
Punks distribute toys to children in need for Three Kings Day in Mexico City

Thirty-five years ago José Luis Escobar Hoyos wanted to show his mother that being a punk wasn’t just about dressing in chains and spikes and listening to loud, accelerated music
ABC News - Jan. 6
Punks distribute toys to children in need for Three Kings Day in Mexico City

Yahoo News - Jan. 6
Finland fuels children’s future with financial literacy and food

World-beating ambition drives real-life business practice and free lunches for kids
Financial Times - Jan. 6
Rare footage shows Kim Jong Un's sister with children

Kim Yo Jong was spotted with two youngsters -- a boy and a girl -- while attending North Korea's New Year art performance.
CBS News - Jan. 3
Frozen and flooded, children in Gaza face dire winter in tent camps amid Israel's offensive

Holding the motionless body of his newborn baby wrapped in a blanket, Yahya Al-Batran imagines what his son, Jumaa, would say if he could speak.
NBC News - Jan. 3
Why Johnson's perilous moment threatens Trump's agenda

Conservatives are already making a bevy of demands, which centrists fear would cause further chaos this year.
Politico - Jan. 3
Migrant children in US custody are at risk without key health protections

Every unaccompanied minor has the right to be treated humanely.
The Hill - Jan. 2
UNICEF urges nations to prioritize migrant children’s safety after being orphaned

The U.N. children’s fund is urging governments to prioritize the safety of migrant children after the latest Mediterranean shipwreck left about 20 people missing and added to a gruesome annual tally
ABC News - Jan. 2
Montenegro Shooting Kills 12, Including 2 Children, Officials Say

The authorities in the small Balkan country reported after a search that the gunman, whose rampage followed a bar fight, had been found dead.
The New York Times - Jan. 2
Twelve people including two children killed in Montenegro shootings

Police identify attacker as 45-year-old Aleksandar Martinović, who they say opened fire in a bar after a fight. Twelve people, including two children, have been killed and four others seriously ...
The Guardian - Jan. 2
At least 10 people were killed in a shooting in Montenegro, including 2 children, the interior minister says

At least 10 people were killed in a shooting in Montenegro, including 2 children, the interior minister says
ABC News - Jan. 1
An armed man kills at least 10 people, including 2 children, in a shooting rampage in Montenegro

Montenegro’s interior minister says at least 10 people, including two children, were killed in a shooting in the western city of Cetinje
ABC News - Jan. 1
Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza including children as war grinds into the new year

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza, mostly women and children
ABC News - Jan. 1
The struggle to reunite children with families in war-torn Gaza

An estimated 17,000 children are unaccompanied or separated from family who would ordinarily care for them.
BBC News - Jan. 1
Ecuador orders the detention of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of 4 children

An Ecuadorean judge has ordered the arrest of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of four children who went missing three weeks ago in the coastal city of Guayaquil
ABC News - Dec. 31
Millions of children lost health insurance in Medicaid shake-up

Children were among the millions of people who lost Medicaid coverage after the government required states to reevaluate every recipient's eligibility. Some have been able to get benefits back, but ...
NBC News - Dec. 31