Children who grow up with pets are less likely to have social problems as adults

Pawsitive influence: Children who grow up with dogs and cats in the house are 20 per cent less likely to have social and emotional problems as adults, study claims Researchers found that owning pets was particularly beneficial to only children  They looked at the behaviour and social ability of children aged 5 and again at … Read more

Twenty-five lessons children WON’T learn in school

After my partner Ben’s recent Covid-19 diagnosis, I issued a rallying cry to the three of our four boys who are stuck at home with us: ‘Right now, life is a ship that we’re sailing in together.’ Ben and I were the captains; they were the crew. ‘This is not a democracy,’ I told them. … Read more

Inside Phoebe Burgess’ self-isolation with her two children in the Southern Highlands

How the other half self-isolate: Phoebe Burgess rides horses and throws a tea party for her children at her family’s Southern Highlands estate during the coronavirus pandemic By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:27 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 01:37 GMT, 25 March 2020 Former WAG Phoebe Burgess appear to have relocated … Read more

SARAH VINE: Welcome to the hell of teaching your own children! 

Whatever else happens in the next few months, the world will look very different when we finally emerge blinking into the sunlight. There will be newfound respect for all sorts of people we’ve previously taken for granted — not least supermarket staff, delivery drivers — and, of course, all the other key workers currently keeping … Read more

Young children and babies are NOT safe from the coronavirus

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Mother, 35, urges other parents to look for coronavirus signs in children

Mother, 35, urges other parents to look for warning signs after her six-month-old son tests positive for coronavirus Laura Pearson, 35, described how she found her six-month-old son Gruff was ill  He developed an ‘on-and-off’ dry cough and began feeling very hot to the touch Hospital workers told the family to go home and self-isolate … Read more

Mother, 35, urges other parents to look for coronavirus signs in children

Mother, 35, urges other parents to look for warning signs after her six-month-old son tests positive for coronavirus Laura Pearson, 35, described how she found her six-month-old son Gruff was ill  He developed an ‘on-and-off’ dry cough and began feeling very hot to the touch Hospital workers told the family to go home and self-isolate … Read more

Parents are urged to ‘play fair’ by not sending their children to school on Monday

Parents are urged to ‘play fair’ by not sending their children to school on Monday as companies are warned don’t ‘put profit over people’ and interpret key workers lists ‘for their ends’ Unions begging parents to ‘play fair’ and not send their children to school The Government ordered mass school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic  … Read more

Paddy McGuinness and wife Christine apologise to their children over ’embarrassing’ Tik Tok video

They are currently in isolation with their children amid the COVID-19 oubreak. And Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine found a new way to combat their boredom as they performed a dance routine for a Tik Tok video on Friday. The Real Housewives of Cheshire star, 31, posted the video on her Instagram and playfully … Read more

Mother ‘attacks husband and children in drunken rage over coronavirus school closures’

Mother-of-three ‘launches attack on husband and children because she was furious coronavirus had closed their school’ Jessica Cambray, from Provo, Utah, arrested over claims she choked her partner The 36-year-old also allegedly kicked one of her boys and twisted another’s arm  ‘She was upset about her children’s school circumstances,’ an affidavit read Coronavirus symptoms: what … Read more