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Children and Youth
- ‘Is the Coronavirus Gone?’ a 5-Year-Old in Switzerland Asks August 14, 2020After a mother calmed her son’s pandemic fears, he went back to school happy. Now the family prepares for another anxiety-filled return to school.
- Set Parents Free August 14, 2020Everyone is terrified of both sickness and censure. Are there better ways to raise our children amid a pandemic?
- A Third of TikTok’s U.S. Users May Be 14 or Under, Raising Safety Questions August 14, 2020Three current and former employees expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app’s safeguards for preteen children.
- N.Y.C. Schools Are Set to Open in a Month. Principals Fear That’s Too Soon. August 14, 2020School leaders are running up against major obstacles and unanswerable questions ahead of the planned reopening. A large group of principals has called on the mayor to delay in-person instruction.
- Are You Overpraising Your Child? August 13, 2020All those “Good jobs!” might be undermining kids’ independence and self-confidence.
- 9 Things to Do This Weekend August 13, 2020How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to and watch.
- The Three Abductions of N.: How Corporate Kidnapping Works August 13, 2020When estranged parents take children across borders, a shadowy industry of “recovery agents” can get them back — for a fee.
- He Is 16 and His Mother Died of Covid-19. What Happens To Him Now? August 13, 2020Children who lost their parents in the pandemic are fighting to hold on to what is left of their families.
- R. Kelly Allies Accused of Using Arson and Bribery to Silence Witness August 12, 2020Prosecutors say one defendant set fire to a car parked outside the house of a woman who had publicly accused the singer of abuse.
- Beirut’s Youngest Cancer Patients Lose Care Options After Blast August 12, 2020Many children undergoing chemotherapy in Lebanon now have nowhere to turn for treatment after an explosion destroyed hospitals and wiped out medicine stockpiles.