LiveScience.com - A five-minute brain scan can reveal the maturity of a child's brain, according to a new study. The results could be used to track abnormal brain development and catch brain disorders like autism early. (full story...)

Critics accuse crèche of creating feelings of suspicion and anxiety in an attempt to save costs on staffWith its generous benefits and subsidised facilities, France's child care system is one of the most admired in the world. But psychologists and unions were up in arms today over proposals they believe would turn crè....(more) (full story...)

Would-be mums who smoke risk damaging the fertility of their children (full story...)

Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer, had been imprisoned after challenging government policies that exploited farmers, discriminated against the disabled and brutally enforced China’s one-child policy. (full story...)

A young woman holding a small child was used as distraction by a pair of armed robbers who broke into a Harlem home, police said Wednesday. (full story...)

A blind activist jailed after revealing right abuses under China's one-child policy has been freed after a four-year prison term, a rights group says. (full story...)

The senior managers say they faced a hostile work environment after reporting the alleged wrongdoing to the department's director. County supervisors act to remove child -death investigator.Los Angeles County's child welfare system, already under fire for failing to report dozens of ....(more) (full story...)

A pilot program in five Chinese provinces will let some couples have an additional child. (full story...)

Chinese officials will gather feedback on large nation's 'one-child policy' so population laws can be revised. (full story...)

A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK. (full story...)