Lost generation (BBC News)
Tragedy of China's one-child families hit by earthquake

Child playing with fire sets closet ablaze (The Times-News)
Quick action by two teenage boys and a neighbor prevented a residential fire from spreading Friday afternoon in south Twin Falls.

Safety of magnetic toys being checked (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
The safety of magnetic toys will be examined following reports one child died and others were injured after swallowing them, the NSW government says.

Toys flunk the chemical safety test at health expo (Albany Times Union)
Coalition seeks laws to ban harmful substances in trinkets, playthings ALBANY -- It seemed like just a simple silver chain dangling from 3-year-old Hannah Carey's purse. But on Tuesday, testing at the Bring Your Child's Toys to Work Day at the Women's Health Expo at Empire State Plaza showed it contained 30 percent lead, a heavy metal linked to learning disabilities in children."Somebody gave ...

5 ideas for taming clutter in kids' bedrooms (Seattle Times)
Designers share their tips and tricks for organizing a child's room.

N.H. woman charged with child porn after photos developed (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press - May 15, 2008 5:25 AM ET MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A woman was arrested after photos of a child apparently posing nude were developed at a Manchester (New Hampshire) photo...

J. K. Rowling heard her work described as “gibberish” by a US judge yesterday at the end of a three-day trial into an unauthorised encyclopaedia of her Harry Potter novels.