child

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Child sexual abuse campaigners have criticised disgraced ex-BBC News presenter Huw Edwards for his "inappropriate and disrespectful" choice to launch a blog, with one calling it a "staggering lack of awareness".

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

"Child protection is the only area where the US can be convinced to sign up to something which says there needs to be oversight and rules."

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

County leave child-care centers annually, according to a 2025 study from the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Mursal Khalif, an MP and head of the Ministry of Defence's Child Protection Unit, says efforts to stop such recruitment can face resistance - "some even viewed it as a Western agenda".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Child of three, they had called her, daughter of death, slayer of lies, bride of fire.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin