Children
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Newyork
Lloyd Morrisett, a Founder of ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 93
His observations about his 3-year-old daughter’s viewing habits led him to join Joan Ganz Cooney in creating a program that revolutionized children’s television.
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World
Hundreds of Children Seeking Asylum in U.K. Are Missing
The unaccompanied minors are mostly Albanian teenagers who had been living in hotels. Rights advocates and some lawmakers believe that they have been abducted by criminal gangs.
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News
F.D.A. Proposes Limits for Lead in Baby Food
The agency estimated that the guidelines could reduce young children’s dietary exposure to lead by about 25 percent.
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Newyork
What We Know About How to Save Kids’ Lives
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hunger and loss make up a kaleidoscope in Somalia, but one scene stands out in my visit: A mom, Fardosa Ahmed, confides shyly that she had eight children but lost four of them, and now she fears she may lose a fifth, her daughter ...
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Newyork
Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling. Here’s How States Can Raise Them.
Twenty-three years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared that measles had been eliminated in the United States. Last month, the C.D.C. joined with the World Health Organization to warn that the disease, which vaccines can ...
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Newyork
When Books for Children Are Banned
More from our inbox: The Blame Goes Beyond Big OilThe Balance of NatureOur Visit to Bergdorf GoodmanBrooke Stephens, of Utah Parents United. The group lobbied for a bill banning “sensitive materials” in schools. Such measures have helped ...
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World
In Ukraine, Christmas Lights Defy Darkness of War, and Children Ask for Peace
One town is protecting a statue of St. Nick with sandbags, another is putting its Christmas tree underground and others are cranking up noisy generators to keep the holiday spirit alive.
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Newyork
Girl, 5, and Brother, 6, Are Killed in a Staten Island House Fire
The two were among six siblings in the home when flames engulfed the second story, officials said.
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Books
In Museums About Horrors, Children Learn of the Heroes
Museums dedicated to the Holocaust and terrorist attacks are wary of traumatizing their youngest visitors. One upcoming exhibition will show how Denmark helped Jews escape by sea.
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Newyork
Foes of Drag Queen Story Hours Invade New York Councilman’s Home
Tensions escalated this week when two demonstrators were arrested for trespassing.