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The Conversation Canada works with many academic authors across the country who are worried about our kids -- their physical health, their mental health and their general well being. For your reading pleasure this weekend, I've assembled a collection of great stories about children (and those who are ready to have kids) from across The Conversation global network.
Have a great weekend and we'll be back in your Inbox on Monday.
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Weekend Reads
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Valerie Michaelson, Queen's University, Ontario
Until Canadians challenge the normalization of violence against children, we will continue to support, or at least tacitly condone, something that by all accounts is harmful.
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Alan Rosenberg, Hassan Vatanparast, Sarah Finch, University of Saskatchewan
A new study points to a clear link between childhood arthritis and abnormally low levels of vitamin D, especially ion northern countries.
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Robert Huish, Dalhousie University; Peter Steele, Dalhousie University
The new friendship between North Korea and Cuba is puzzling. The two countries should share values as socialist republics, but their brands of socialism are worlds apart when it comes to children.
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Julia Sloth-Nielsen, University of the Western Cape
When children are drawn into their countries' informal justice systems, their human rights are often threatened.
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Hazel Flight, Edge Hill University
The right advice on nutrition is not always reaching pregnant women.
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Charlotte Walker, Suzannah Williams, University of Oxford
Le choix de l’âge auquel on aura des enfants n’est pas anodin, et de nombreux paramètres doivent être pris en compte pour déterminer le meilleur moment…
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Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, University of Exeter
First figures on the state of young people's mental health in England in 13 years have been released.
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Andrea Hammel, Aberystwyth University
The visa waiver scheme saved thousands of Jewish children from persecution – but at a huge cost.
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Caroline Fitzpatrick, Université Sainte-Anne
Children exposed to scenes of violence may develop a view that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.
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From witching equality to what we'd see if we looked in a real Mirror of Erised, researchers explore the magic of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
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