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"They were just going over to have a bit of fun and just doing the rite of passage that every, you know, child or teenager does. So that outcome was just devastating."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Online Safety Act 2023, external - which was not in place when Jools' inquest took place - means Ofcom can now request information from social media firms, including material a child viewed or uploaded.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The working parent might provide a dollar amount for every year of marriage after a child is born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
As he is played by the most charming man in television, we are instinctively on his side — and Lucky loves him, even though he made her, still a child, an accomplice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
She’d loved him, given birth to his child, and was abandoned before she turned twenty.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Videos shared by eyewitnesses showed the bus badly damaged, as local residents rushed to help the injured children.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Other empty-nesters are using the opportunity to buy bigger homes near children and grandchildren, or relocate to a dream location—with hopes of luring friends and family to visit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mark Campbell had unsupervised access to their children through his work at North Tyneside Council at the time of his offending last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the summer, at least one of their children is there every other weekend with their families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
She and her husband had managed to get their two small children to friends before their arrest, but she worried aloud all day about them and about Mr. Floor, who had tuberculosis.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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