DAJABÓN, Dominican Republic — Kelvin Vensy sits for hours on end on a metal barricade that separates Haiti from the Dominican Republic, holding on to a cardboard box with wax candles. “Two candles for 15 pesos,” Kelvin, 13, shouts in creole over and over, as people rush by. Kelvin said he takes every cent he… Continue reading Parents across Haiti scramble to keep their children safe and in school despite the violence
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‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss | Lucy Letby
Their words were delivered through tears and trembling hands to a courtroom that, for 10 long months, had choked back the trauma of these horrors. This was the first time the parents of Lucy Letby’s victims had been able to express their grief. The details were harrowing. A triplet boy, now seven, who asks his… Continue reading ‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss | Lucy Letby
‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses | Lucy Letby
The parents of twin babies attacked by Lucy Letby said they felt “very, very let down” by executives at the hospital, believing health bosses “could have stopped” the nurse taking “our joy, our happiness”. The newborn boys, known as Child L and Child M, had to be resuscitated by doctors after Letby tried to murder… Continue reading ‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses | Lucy Letby
District Attorney Yet To Provide Crucial Information To Uvalde Parents
The Uvalde district attorney is withholding information that would help a medical team determine if some children could have been saved during the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at their elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. “It’s been months,” Mark Escott, chief medical officer for the Texas Department of Public Safety and… Continue reading District Attorney Yet To Provide Crucial Information To Uvalde Parents
Chinese parents get state backing in bid to combat kids’ internet obsession
It’s a familiar sight around the world: a teenager glued to their cellphone as their parents implore them to put it down. But youngsters in China may have the choice taken away from them under new rules that would limit screen time to a maximum of two hours a day for people under the age… Continue reading Chinese parents get state backing in bid to combat kids’ internet obsession
Ethan Crumbley, Oxford school shooter, was a ‘feral child’ who was abandoned by his parents, expert testifies
PONTIAC, Mich. — A teenager who killed four students at his Michigan high school in 2021 was like a “feral child,” deeply neglected by his parents during crucial years and mentally ill, a psychologist testified Tuesday at a hearing to determine if the mass shooter will get a life prison sentence. Ethan Crumbley’s lawyers also played… Continue reading Ethan Crumbley, Oxford school shooter, was a ‘feral child’ who was abandoned by his parents, expert testifies
Parents of late Stanford goalkeeper Katie Meyer watch World Cup with ‘sadness’ and ‘joy’
The parents of late Stanford goalkeeper Katie Meyer are, like millions of other Americans, passionately cheering on the U.S. women’s soccer team at the World Cup. But few are doing so with the same amount of conflicting joy and sadness as Steve and Gina Meyer. It’s been a little more than 16 months since the… Continue reading Parents of late Stanford goalkeeper Katie Meyer watch World Cup with ‘sadness’ and ‘joy’