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Gendered toys could deter girls from career in engineering, report says

9/12/2016

Institution for Engineering and Technology found toys with a technology focus were three times as likely to be targeted at boys
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Self-harm hospital admissions of children show 'frightening rise'

9/12/2016

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The children's charity NSPCC says nearly 19,000 children were admitted to hospital after harming themselves last year - a 14% rise over three years
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Connected toys for Christmas on test

6/12/2016

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Children put some hi-tech 'connected' christmas presents to the test
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Are books by YouTubers creating new young readers?

1/12/2016

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Emma Bryson of Booksellers examines if books by YouTubers are creating a new young audience of readers, looking at the history of vlogger novels, and whether this is a trend set to stay
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78% of under-12s are tuning into SVODs

1/12/2016

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Study shows 72% of kids’ daily viewing is from streaming services such as YouTube and Netflix, and 52% of households use SVODs as a primary source of kids’ content consumption
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ITV to restructure children’s programming strategy

1/12/2016

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Under the anticipated changes, the position of CITV programming head will be eliminated, leaving the commissioning and acquisition of children’s programming to be carried out by existing genre teams
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