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Has lockdown pushed migrant children into bonded labour
According to an estimate by the NGO Save the Children, about two million children live on the streets across the country. Scrambling to survive on the margins of society, they are shunned, barely make do and may now be exploited because their families are not in a position to pay back loans borrowed by them during the lockdown.
By Press Trust of India

What Social Distancing Is Like For Only Children
Parents who have one kid at home say it's easier in many ways, and way harder in others.
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Clinginess And Separation Anxiety Are The COVID-19 Problems No One Saw Coming
Toddlers and teens alike can't seem to leave parents alone. Here's what's behind it, and how to deal.
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Here's How Families Can Stay Connected With Someone Who's Seriously Ill
New guidance from the Childhood Bereavement Network suggests safe ways for your child to stay connected to a loved one who's in hospital.
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Why You Cant Be Friends With Your Kid
Children and parents both benefit from a little privacy, a psychologist tells us.
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How To Teach Your Kids To Be Grateful
Parents and parenting experts break down ways to instill gratitude in children.
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Kerala Snakebite Death Throws State's Education and Health Standards Under Scrutiny
The preventable death of a 10-year-old student has sparked outrage against institutional failures in a state revered for high standards.
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This NGO Made Children Run In Thick Delhi Smog Even As Schools Remain Shut
Prayas, run by Amod Kanth, a former chairperson for the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights, had organised the event.
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Comfort, Control, Conformity Why Do Young Girls Play With Dolls?
The relationship between dolls, exclusion and lonely girls has long been the stuff of literature.
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10-Year-Old Missing Girl Given For Adoption In Punjab, Parents Fight Legal Battle
Pratigya Tepri is waiting for her family at an NGO after her adoptive family handed her back. Meanwhile, her parents are fighting desperately to get the adoption annulled.
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