Children

Opinion

Inclusion should be the norm – a personal story

Paola Elefante 4/6/21

Releases

You can create your heaven with photo wallpapers

The Nomad Today 4/2/21

Decorating a home’s different rooms with different photo wallpapers is a new trend. You can choose a forest view for your living room, an animation character for your child’s room. If you want, you…

Finland

20 WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Government spent 395,000 euros on repatriations from Al-Hol

The Nomad Today 3/18/21

The government claims that it has charged returnees for their travel expenses and documents.

World

MOSCOW

Mother abandons children naked in Russian forest at minus 15 degrees

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/12/21

They are now all suffering from frostbite.

Finland

FROM NEXT SPRING

Finland to allow criminal record checks on all employees working with minors

The Nomad Today 2/4/21

After the legislative amendments, employers would have the right to request that an employee provide an extract from the criminal record even for positions lasting no more than three months

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Mask recommendation extended to children over 12 years of age

The Nomad Today 1/11/21

A few months ago, the Finnish health authorities still questioned the usefulness of the face masks.

Finland

FOREIGN MINISTRY

Finland repatriates 6 children and 2 women from Syrian Al-Hol camp

The Nomad Today 12/20/20

About 15 Finnish children and less than 10 mothers are still interned in the camps in north-east Syria.

Finland

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Finland helps UN to safeguard child rights in the digital world

The Nomad Today 11/21/20

A third of internet users are children aged under 18. Artificial intelligence plays a big role in children's lives as a part of interactive toys, video games and mobile phone solutions.…

Finland

NEW DESIGNATED FLAG DAY

Flags fly for children’s rights on 20 November

The Nomad Today 11/20/20

Finnish government says that this a way to draw attention to the fact that Finland is one of the best countries in the world for children.

Finland

HEALTH

Overweight and obesity, growing problems among youngest Finns

The Nomad Today 9/16/20

Of the hospital districts for which data are available, overweight in boys and girls is most prevalent in Western Ostrobothnia and least in Helsinki and Uusimaa.

World

SOLINGEN

Funeral fund created for children presumed murdered by their mother

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/6/20

The mother is accused of suffocating five of her children, aged between 1 and 8. 

Lifestyle

UNICEF REPORT

Kids in rich countries face lack of skills, obesity, depression

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/3/20

Bulgaria, Chile and the United States are ranked the worst places to be a child among high-income countries. Lithuania has the highest rate of adolescent suicide  followed by New Zealand…

World

Mother suspected of killing five children

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/3/20

Several emergency service vehicles were seen in front of the property in the afternoon.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

WHO recommends masks for children older than 11

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/22/20

Transparent visors offer less protection than fabric mouth and nose coverings, according to the guidance document.

Coronavirus

Study finds children of all ages are susceptible to coronavirus

The Nomad Today 8/1/20

The study released on Friday comes amid an increasingly tense debate about reopening schools.

Finland

ASYLUM

Unaccompanied foreign minors entitled to support until aged 25

The Nomad Today 7/9/20

Until now, young people who entered Finland as unaccompanied minors have been entitled to support until they reach the age of 21. On Wednesday afternoon, Finland received the first group of Afghan…

Finland

SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES

Finnish town pays thousands of euros for each newborn child

The Nomad Today 7/6/20

Virrat joins other cities such as Lestijärvi and Miehikkälä, which gained world fame last year with even more generous birth-boost policies.

Finland

HELSINKI

Suspect in child sex crimes arrested in Kannelmäki

The Nomad Today 7/3/20

Police say the suspect has "bushy black hair" and is originally from the Middle East.

Finland

MATERNITY

One of every three children is born in Uusimaa region

The Nomad Today 7/3/20

No maternity hospitals were closed down last year, though six hospitals were below the limit of births set by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

Finland

73 children in Helsinki lost their kindergartens

The Nomad Today 6/25/20

Finland's largest private kindergarten chain decided to close 6 early childhood education schools in the capital metropolitan area.