US, Britain ranked last on child welfare
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BERLIN -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a United Nations survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
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NEW YORK  - Abused and neglected children  who are removed from their homes or otherwise become involved  in the child welfare system have a high rate of emotional and  behavioral problems. Yet, many of these children do not receive  needed mental health services, new study findings show.
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A small but influential group of US pediatricians issued a sharply partisan statement Wednesday criticizing President Bush (news - web sites)&#39;s track record on child health.
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A reduced number of childcare settings in England are ranked as good or outstanding, inspection body Ofsted says.
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LONDON - America's reputation around the world is hurting, according to a series of coordinated polls published Friday from 10 countries, including many of the United States' closest allies.    In eight of the countries where the surveys commissioned by major newspapers were conducted, more people said their view of America had worsened in the past two to three years than improved...
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HOUSTON - Seven Texas children were discovered abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage, suffering from disease and malnutrition, and have been brought back to the United States.    Child Protective Services, which received emergency custody of the children Monday, is investigating accusations that the children's adoptive mother abandoned them in Nigeria in October and later went to work in Iraq as a private contractor...
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Children from poorer homes are up to a year behind their more privileged peers by the age of three.
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The U.S. ranks at the bottom of the Group of 8 industrialized nations in the analysis conducted by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities.
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The state is failing children in care as most leave without any qualifications, a report by a think tank says.
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A new UNICEF report puts Britain and the United States at the bottom of the table of the best wealthy countries for children.
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State child-welfare workers in Miami often failed to perform criminal background checks before placing a child in the home of a relative or family friend, according to a study by Florida's beleaguered social services agency.
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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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Many states are distressingly lax in their regulation and oversight of child care centers, according to a new nationwide survey which gives its lowest marks to Idaho and Louisiana and its highest grade to the far-flung system run by the U.S. military.
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A coalition of children's charities has criticised the government for not doing more to protect vulnerable children from paedophiles living abroad, calling its response a &quot;national shame&quot;.
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Â· 31 children worldwide rescued, 15 in BritainÂ· Film files seized include babies being raped
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Tooth decay among children is at its lowest recorded level since 1983, figures show.
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Britain is at risk of producing a new generation of latchkey kids because parents of older children are struggling to find suitable care for them, a report warns today.