Abandoned Children Stow Away at Home
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Hirokazu Kore-eda's harrowing, tender film was inspired by a real event in which four children were left alone by their mother in a small Tokyo apartment.
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Children are having the chance to play outdoors taken away from them, a group of experts warns.
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BESLAN, Russia  - The sound of weeping mothers who  lost their children in the bloody end to Russia's school siege  drifted out of the houses of Beslan on Sunday as relatives  prepared to bury the first of 333 people killed.
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Parents are urged to take better control after children as young as four are caught house-breaking.
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Even though the dishes, garbage and dirty laundry were piling up, homeowners Cat and Harlan Barnard were getting no help from their two children.
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A young mother who may have been depressed apparently hanged three of her small daughters and herself in a closet using pieces of clothing and sashes, authorities said Tuesday. A fourth child, an 8-month-old daughter, was also found dangling in the closet but was rescued from the family's mobile home.
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Without security, a generation may remain trapped in congested camps, afraid to return to their homes.
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NAIROBI - When parents in Africa die of AIDS, their orphaned children often go to live with foster parents, in institutions or even on their own.
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As the people of Beslan struggle with their grief, the schoolhouse where their children died has become a place of echoes and memories.
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Parents are cutting back their kids' schedules to make more time for family.
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Two Finnish-American children were handed over to their American father Tuesday, two months after they were taken from their Finnish mother who hid them in a remote farmhouse.
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Allegedly abandoned by their American mother in Africa, seven children from Texas begged small change to buy food and shuttled from a neglectful stranger's care to a concrete-block orphanage, Nigerians said Thursday.
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Turning to nannies and day care, many working moms still have mixed feelings about leaving the kids at home.
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The old school campus is dilapidated. There is little food, water from only a single tap, no toilets. Families sleep in the open or under tents made of scavenged tree branches and lengths of cloth used as skirts during the day.
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The tale of seven Houston children abandoned in squalor in Nigeria has touched the hearts of many who are reaching out with offers of assistance.
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Seven Texas children were discovered abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage, suffering from disease and malnutrition, and have been brought back to the United States.
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BESLAN, Russia  - The sound of weeping mothers who  lost their sons and daughters in Russia's school siege drifted  out of the homes of Beslan on Sunday as the first burials were  held for some of the 338 people killed.