Home News IN BRIEF: UK Children Close to World's Laziest
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Couch-potato British children are a short "chill out" from being the world's laziest, according to an international study. UK youngsters spend 9.4 hours in front of a computer games console or TV screen per week, just behind Australian children's 10-hour average.
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One in 10 parents struggle to understand the bedtime stories they read to their children.
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Growing up in a chaotic home may be bad for children's minds, a study suggests.
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Â· Â£50 fine each time an excluded child roams Â· New law part of drive to improve school discipline
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Think hours of slogging are helping your child make the grade? Think again
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Children living in smoggy areas have retarded lung development which puts them at risk of diseases, say researchers.
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Parents in Britain are spending an average of nearly Â£3,000 a year on each child, a survey suggests.
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Research finds that children with some form of pre-school education do better at primary school than those kept at home.
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UK emergency services for children are failing to meet minimum standards set five years ago, say researchers.
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Children tend to vary widely in  their sleep habits, with some being naturally "short sleepers"  and others needing more time in bed, a study suggests.
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Marked divisions in children's well-being  in 21 industrialised countries are  highlighted in a Unicef report.
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The United Nations children's fund damned Britain and the United States as the worst places for children to live among wealthy nations, in a report which caused widespread soul-searching.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker considers whether early years pressures can be counter-productive.
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The UK has come low down on a list of the most prosperous countries in the world to live in, failing even to make it into the top 15.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new study could be great news for children with &quot;lazy eye.&quot;
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Experts looked at families&#39; use of a range of products such as bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners. Children born into the 10% of families which used these products the most were twice as likely to suffer from wheezing as those who used the least.
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Family time is under pressure from children watching TV and spending little time with adults, a survey suggests.