Family & Children

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  Paediatrician group calls for health bodies to 'follow science' not ideology in caring for children with gender dysphoria

  By Chris Eyte Europe US & Canada 5 months ago

  An American pediatrician group is calling on U.S. medical institutions to follow some of their European counter parts in considering science rather than ideology in the care for transgender children. In recent months, an increasing number of medical professionals have come forward lamenting how an important health care and mental health issue has been politicized and voices pointing to scientific facts or calling for more rigorous research have been effectively silenced.

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  Christian debt support charity highlights need for increased support as poverty levels rise in the UK

  By Chris Eyte Europe

  5 months ago

  Millions of people including children are living in poverty in the U.K. today, according to official figures. Now a church-based charity struggling to cope with enough resources to support them has sounded the alarm in a rallying cry to Christians to step up helping those in need.

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  Leading child advocate calls out UK political parties for ignoring 84,000 vulnerable children, calls on churches to step up

  By Chris Eyte Europe

  5 months ago

  A leading evangelical advocate for children and government advisor calls out political parties for ignoring tens of thousands of vulnerable children in need of foster and adoption parents in their manifestos for the upcoming U.K. General Election 2024. Sharing about his own experience as as a foster and adoptive parent, he calls on evangelical churches to step up at this time of need.

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  Louisiana becomes first state to require Ten Commandments display in public school classrooms

  By The Christian Post US & Canada

  5 months ago

  Louisiana became the first state to require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments through a Republican-backed bill signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. House Bill 71, sponsored by Republican Rep. Dodie Horton, mandates that each public school classroom display a poster-sized copy of the Ten Commandments by next January.