“Children need to experience more fear in their daily lives, a leading headmaster has claimed. He thinks that youngsters are missing out if they are never allowed to overcome feeling afraid“

(Via the Mail online | Home Children should have daily dose of fear, says top headmaster: .)

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“The ASA is in the process of recruiting eight young leaders aged 18-25 to join a national forum and represent the voice of young people active within the organisation.

The ASA Youth Forum has been set up to enable young people involved in the sport to work with the national governing body and develop opportunities for [...]

“Overweight. Arthritic. Plagued by heart disease. As years of good living catch up with them, Britain’s middle-aged baby boomers are the first generation to be in worse health than their parents“

(Via the Mail online | Health The baby boomers who are in worse health than their parents: .)

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“Children face years of ill-health because they are not active enough, researchers say. Scientists claim there is an epidemic of ‘mini-couch potatoes’ at risk of chronic health problems in later life“

(Via the Mail online | Health Lazy children ‘are storing up problems in later life’: .)

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“Forget computer games, television shows and DVDs, children derive the most fun from playing outdoors building sandcastles and making daisy chains“

(Via the Mail online | Home Modern children miss out on greatest childhood joys: playing outdoors: .)

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As a vegan it doesn’t make much difference to me, but I’m reposting this here without checking the facts anyway:

The Vegetarian Society is extremely disappointed to learn that Mars favourites such as Mars, Milky Way, Bounty, Snickers, Galaxy, Twix and Maltesers are now all unsuitable for vegetarians. At a time when more and more consumers [...]