Fire chiefs warn teenagers against risking getting trapped in toddlers’ park swings

Fire chiefs warn teenagers against risking getting trapped in toddlers’ park swings for TikTok challenge after a rash of 12 rescues in a month in London London Fire Brigade warned teenagers against against a TikTok phenomenon The social media craze sees teenagers forcing themselves into toddlers’ swings Figures show the fire brigade attended 21 instances of … Read more

Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’, unions say

Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’ so they can learn to ‘develop anti-racist views’, unions say New 128-page guidance has been given as alternative to Government teaching  Guidance adds ‘children’s racial prejudice’ is at risk of being ‘reinforced’   Conservative MPs argued that teaching toddlers about white privilege risked ‘becoming some kind of political … Read more

Parish council slammed after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment 

Parish council is slammed as ‘the meanest in the country’ after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment Hannah Lovelock, 43, from Stoke Poges, says she has ‘meanest parish in Britain’   Childminder has been told she cannot use allotment if she has children with her  Mrs Lovelock used to take daughter, Nora, four, … Read more

Psychology: More than an hour a day of screen-time increases toddlers’ risk of behavioural issues

Spending more than an hour a day watching programmes on devices may increase the risk that toddlers will have emotional and behavioural issues, a study has warned. These issues include hyperactivity, poor concentration, short attention spans and trouble connecting with other children and forging friendships. The researchers have speculated that devices are reducing the time that children … Read more

Smartphones can make toddlers’ tantrums worse rather than calm them

Giving toddlers a smartphone or a tablet to calm them down could make their tantrums even worse, a new study warns.  In experiments, US researchers observed toddlers between the ages of two and three after a cartoon they were watching ended prematurely.  Parents were also asked questions about how heavily they relied on electronic media, including … Read more

Nursery under investigation after toddlers escaped – and boy, three, wandered dual carriageway

A nursery is under investigation after two ‘unsupervised’ toddlers escaped, with one of the children, a three-year-old boy, found wandering along a dual carriageway alone. The incident took place at a nursery in Derriford, Plymouth, this morning, with police alerted to a young boy alone on the busy William Prance Road by worried members of … Read more

Adorable toddlers dress up as Barack and Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day

A pair of four-year-olds earned a shout out from former First Lady Michelle Obama after recreating her and Barack’s looks from Inauguration Day in a series of adorable Instagram photos.    This week, Ryleigh Madison Hampton and her friend Zayden Lowe from Florence, South Carolina dressed up and posed for pictures as Barack Obama and Michelle, … Read more

Toddlers with high touchscreen device use ‘more easily distracted’ 

Toddlers who spend a lot of time playing with touchscreen devices are more easily distracted, a new study suggests.  Using eye tracking technology, UK experts found infants with high daily touchscreen use were quicker to look at other objects when they appeared within their line of sight on a computer screen.  They were also less … Read more

Toddlers with high touchscreen use are ‘more easily distracted’ 

Toddlers who spend a lot of time playing with touchscreen devices are more easily distracted, a new study suggests.  Using eye tracking technology, UK experts found infants with high daily touchscreen use were quicker to look at other objects when they appeared within their line of sight on a computer screen.  They were also less … Read more

Mark Cavendish’s TWO-YEAR-OLD son rides motorbike as star is ‘blown away’ by toddler’s skill

British cycling champ Mark Cavendish’s TWO-YEAR-OLD son rides a motorbike round the garden as star is ‘blown away’ by toddler’s skill By Nick Craven for MailOnline Published: 10:32 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 10:32 GMT, 8 January 2021 When his dad is a British cycling legend, perhaps it’s not surprising that young Casper Cavendish … Read more