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Photos: A classroom on the road with walls for blackboard

In a remote village in West Bengal, a young ‘Teacher of the Street’ has started an open-air sch ...

New storybook to help children stay hopeful during COVID-19

"My Hero is You 2021: how kids can hope with COVID-19!’ draws on the daily realities of millions ...

Gandhi Jayanti: 12 books on the Father of the Nation for kids

"Here are 12 books that children can read to know more about Mahatma Gandhi and understand the lead ...

World Teachers’ Day: Teachers are superheroes

"There have been many superheroes since the pandemic hit the world. They have kept going out and ab ...

Lego says it will work to rid its toys of harmful gender bias

Lego announced that it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its products and marketing, citi ...

From Covid to education: New govt journal hopes to put spotlight on children’s voices, issues

"A new journal launched by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) is seeking to pu ...

Working 12 Hours Instead of Studying, 15-Yr-Old Needs Your Help

‘‘I used to study in 7th grade. The condition of my family was such that I had to start working ...

Mumbai: 10-year-old writes letter to CJI, SC turns it into PIL

Letter from a 10-year-old student to Chief Justice of India cites Right to Equality as he argues th ...

Bihar rains: In flood-hit Katihar, three youths teach children on a boat

Flood prone Bihar adds another layer of vulnerabilities to the already existing ones amid the pande ...

COVID kids: How our youngest are experiencing the pandemic

Early childhood experts say birth to five years is a crucial development period, so what happens wh ...

‘No two boys or girls are alike’: Kamla Bhasin on her books Satrangi Ladke and Satrangi Ladkiyan

"I have always challenged gender, & I have challenged boxes, for girls & boys. Instead of a ...

Kids In India Are Asking Heartbreaking COVID-19 Questions. Here’s How To Answer Them

How do orphans live? What if I get COVID-19? Will I Die? What will happen if Mom or Dad gets COVID- ...

An Excerpt from My COVID Diary

Dear Diary, "A lot has happened today: 24 people died overnight, two of my father's friends have co ...

A comic book that starts conversations around loneliness in children

Parents, here's a creative way you can use to have conversations with your children on lonliness an ...

Jamlo Walks: A children’s book remembers those who never reached home in lockdown 2020

Jamlo Walks tells the tragic story of 12-year-old Jamlo Makdam, who died of exhaustion during lockd ...

How a Delhi Police library is keeping slum children in school and away from crime

With free wifi, computers and books, the Delhi Police Public Library in R.K. Puram aims to provide ...

Children’s Art Answers the Question: What Will Earth Look Like in 30 Years?

"TIME for Kids, the weekly classroom edition... asked young students to draw their view of the plan ...

How Little Mo and his mother navigated the parenting journey together

"A new book, ‘Raising Mamma’, reflects on the wisdom of a child, who responds to the world arou ...

Children in Malkangiri village take charge, repair road to school

‘We thought if the elders won’t fix the road, we will.’ These are the words of, a group of st ...

Recommended graphic novels for children and young adults

“Dense text can be daunting even for adults. For children and young people who are reluctant to r ...

Jharkhand teacher paints village walls with the alphabet to help students learn during the lockdown

This Jharkhand teacher paints the village walls with alphabets to help students learn during the lo ...

Real-Life ‘Chak De’: Jharkhand Kids Trained with DIY Hockey Sticks, Make India Proud

In Jharkhand’s Simdega district, Benedict Kujur, a primary teacher by profession, provides free h ...

When there is so much darkness in the world, should it really be kept out of children’s books?

So long as there is hope, children’s books need not shy away from reality. ...

A 12-Year-Old’s Letter to Her Post-Pandemic Self

A 12-Year-Old’s Letter to Her Post-Pandemic Self. "How will you retain gratitude for the return t ...

Meet TIME’s First-Ever Kid of the Year

"15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao has been named TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Yea ...

‘I will become what I want to become’

‘I will become what I want to become’In the Nathjogi nomadic community, no girl had ever passed ...

Gandhi Jayanti: 12 books on the Father of the Nation for kids

Here are 12 books on Gandhiji that children can read. #GandhiJayanti #InternationalDayOfNonViolence ...

IITian Duo's YouTube Channel Helping fun learning for kids

‘Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?’: IITian Duo’s YouTube Channel Makes Learning Fun for Tribal Kids

Tribal children of Gudalur in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri District have new ways of learning fundamental c ...

A robot is nudging kids at a tribal school in India into washing their hands better

"When kids in Wayanad’s Government Primary School Chithragiri in north Kerala go to wash their ha ...

Independence Day 2020: Learning under the shadows of COVID-19

"While we celebrate an #IndependenceDay in a very different way, it’s time to reiterate why it is ...

Ratna Pathak, Kalki Koechlin and others tell stories for children under lockdown

Here's some mid-week motivation for all of us. This feature article in Mint Lounge pens down the ph ...

I Don’t Ask Questions as an Adult Because I Wasn’t Allowed Questions as a Child

They say things you learn when you're a child, stay with you your entire life. But when it means le ...

Veer and his family testing out the game | Photo Credit: Special arrangement

A 10-year-old in a Delhi school developed a board game around COVID-19 and it’s now available online

A 10-year-old in a Delhi school developed a board game around COVID-19 and it’s now available onl ...

Vanavil: rainbow in the storms of lockdown life

Here’s something to cheer you this #Monday A small school in Nagapattinam has become the centre o ...

Drawings from lockdown

Drawings from #Lockdown: Children from around the world draw how they feel about the Pandemic ...

COVID-19 - Illustration Picture by UNICEF

Fact or fiction: How much do you know about COVID-19?

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads, so is misinformation. Knowing the facts is key to be ...

Twinkle Khanna’s “Mother’s Day” Monologue Will Leave You In Splits

What mothers really want for #Mother'sDay but can't tell their kids! Twinkle Khanna's #MothersDay m ...

Quint Illustration Picture of a Mother - Leher NGO in India

How COVID-19 Came Down Hard on Indian Mothers

How #Coronavirus came down hard on Indian Mothers #MothersDay ...

Cycling Federation’s trial offer to Bihar teen who biked 1,200 km is the worst kind of insensitivity

Teenager Jyoti Kumari rode a bicycle, covering 1,100 km from Gurugram to Dharbhanga with her father ...

Ishaan Abraham Pichamuthu and Yohaan Benjamin Pichamuthu love reading comics

Tamil Nadu Siblings Used Lockdown To Make Comic Books, Sell Them On WhatsApp

#GoodNewsMonday Two siblings in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu has released a new comic book for ch ...

Apalam Chapalam - Leher NGO in India - Stories

From My Window – An R/GA Story | Apalam Chapalam

A beautiful storybook that #parents can read with their children to make sure #Corona doesn't take ...

Mo Willems Is Hosting a Livestream Doodle Every Weekday, Starting Today

Quaraintined at home with your children and running out of productive activites? Check out "Lunch D ...

10-year old boy’s 14-km train journey to get two cans of water

At the tender age of 10, when most children are in school or busy playing outdoors, Siddharth trave ...

Bikhare Rishte

Ever wondered what happens to children when they are separated from their parents who are in prison ...

Meet Padma Shri HC Verma, who struggled to pass in school, teaches India Physics today

A teacher must first fall in love with the subject he or she teaches before expecting the students ...

India climate activist Licypriya Kangujam on why she took a stand

She is only eight, but Licypriya Kangujam has already been campaigning for action to tackle #climat ...

Boro Baski with some of the children who attend the school

The Indian school where Indigenous children are ‘never outsiders’

The Indian school where Indigenous children are 'never outsiders'. ...

Eco India: A school in Delhi is ensuring education about the environment happens outside classrooms

An environmentalist's school curriculum is helping children understand where their food comes from ...

What to Do When Your Kids Fight

What to do when your kids fight #parenting ...

Education to Health: 10 IAS Officers Whose Amazing Initiatives Made 2019 Better

Fighting child marriage, transforming schools, generating employment, making healthcare accessible ...

“It’s OK, It’s Just An Exam”: Letter From School Principal Goes Viral

If your child does get top marks, that's great! But if he or she doesn't, please don't take away th ...

Illustration of a Husband And Wife Sleeping with a baby in the room

Husband And Wife’s Honest Comics Show How Marriage Changes After A Baby

The artist couple captures the highs and lows that come with being a new parent. ...

20 Books With LGBTQ Characters Your Kids Will Love

These books portray many aspects of the LGBTQ experience for kids as young as 3. ...

The best children’s books of 2019 for all ages

From mental health to the climate crisis, children’s books are tackling relevant topics. Here are ...

How building nutrition gardens in schools in Bihar has led to improving nutrition metrics in children

In Bihar Schools, Student-Gardeners Improve Nutrition, Health Metrics. ...

My wish is for India to eliminate child malnutrition, says Bill Gates

"If there was one wish I had for India, it would be to get rid of malnutrition because that reduc ...

Meet Tamil Nadu’s Child Heroes

Be it fighting for free education, discrimination or child marriage, these #ChildHeros prove that ...

15-Year-Old Shafali Verma Just Broke Sachin Tendulkar’s International Cricket Record

Shafali Varma, the 15-year-old batswoman became the youngest Indian to score a half-century in in ...

Seven-Year-Old Mumbai Girl Built An App To Help Deaf Kids Easily Learn Sign Language

A 7-year-old develops an app that could help train hearing-impaired people in sign language from ...

The teacher getting child workers back to school

In a village near Delhi, this teacher is going door to door to ensure child workers are sent back ...

Talking queer with kids

Children’s writers across the world have written thoughtful books about sexual identity with hone ...

#GoodNews: This 17-yr-old Won Gates Foundation Award Along With PM

Meet 17-year-old Payal Jangid who became the first Indian teenager to win an award by the Gate ...

Unisex Uniforms, Health Insurance, Social Audit: Why This Government School In Kerala Is Different

Unisex uniforms, health insurance, social audit: Why this government school in Kerala is different. ...

Son’s rejection from 42 schools made this mom start a ‘home’ for special kids

When a son's rejection from 42 schools made this determined mother stronger to start a home for spec ...

Meet Pakistan’s first female hip-hop rap artist from Lyari – Eva B

Meet Pakistan's first female hip-hop rap artist from Lyari, who operates underground using a pseudon ...

P&G Shiksha presents the story of Bittu | #DontLetDreamsWait

Don't let a child's dream wait so long. #childhoodmatters ...

Another Cricket World Cup: Street kids from India win Street Child Cricket World Cup 2019

With the ICC Cricket World Cup starting soon, we bring you another team India. They fought against a ...

Being a girl in Yemen: Jehan and Hamamah’s story

In Yemen and across countries, stories like Jehan’s are common. With rapidly diminishing income op ...

Woman’s Post Congratulating Son For 60% Marks In CBSE Class 10 Goes Viral

As a prelude to Mother’s Day, here’s a mother embracing and congratulating her son for scoring 6 ...

Why Children Are Great Symbols For Social Movements

Do you stand with the children of the world? Watch the video to know why children are great symbols ...

Shaping Tomorrow: 5 Children Tell Us What They Want for India from Elections 2019

Do you think of your child as a kid? Here’s what might change that. . Children from ages 8-16 sh ...

This 15-year-old is reporting on the snowfall from Jammu & Kashmir and the Internet is loving it

Fifteen-year-old Eiduha Iqbal has become an overnight sensation, thanks to a viral video on Twitter ...

This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You Smile

Overcoming life’s basic truth: Talent is universal, but opportunity is not. Meet Tanitoluwa Adewum ...

Boy, 10, writes viral letter asking Qantas CEO for advice on how to start an airline

Taking what children say seriously. Quantas Airlines CEO writes back to 10 year old boy's letter, wh ...

Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’

“I overthink. Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something ...

16-Year-Old Boy Designs Drone to Detect & Destroy Landmines

A drone that can destroy landmines - designed by a 16 year old boy. https://bit.ly/2WquVI2 ...

Meet the Ex-IPS Officer Helping Small Town Kids Crack IIT Without Spending a Bomb!

Children shouldn’t be a vehicle for our ambitions. They should be a vehicle for their own aspi ...

These Gully Girls From Delhi Are Rapping For Safe Public Spaces

"A group of 11 girls from this slum resettlement colony in Delhi are narrating their stories — thr ...

Brave, Brilliant, Innovative: 10 Amazing Kids Who Made News in 2018 For The Right Reasons!

A throwback at the youngest champions of 2018 https://www.thebetterindia.com/…/india-children-b ...

This Seven Year Old Girl Took Her Father To Police Station For Not Building A Toilet

The seven-year-old who took her father to the police station for not building a toilet. ...

Teen activist tells world leaders they’re ‘behaving like children’ over climate change

When a 15 year old climate change activist took over the UN Climate Change Summit. "For 25 years cou ...

‘I started taking pictures when I was four’

A seven year old Nigerian on mastering the camera. ...

Children now get their own eco-conscious flea market

“While I teach my kids the importance of waste management at home, taking them into an environment ...

Starting with Cloth Pads, How 5 School Girls in Rajasthan Led Elders to Discuss Periods

Starting with Cloth Pads, how 5 School girls in Rajasthan led elders to discuss menstruation. ...

On a long walk to end child begging in India

Child trafficking and subsequent begging has led to scores of children from all over India to land u ...

“To live fearless and free”: Kashmiri Girl Defiantly Pursues Cricketing Dreams

Insha Mir has struggled against patriarchal diktats from her childhood years, but today captains her ...

What I’ve learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad

On becoming a father, an inspiring ted talk by Glen Henry. ...

‘What is rape, Mom?’: A small town in India grapples with how to protect children

Politicians and civic leaders for years have struggled to find a cause and a solution to what has be ...

This Mother’s Day, These Moms Did Something Special for Underprivileged Kids

The #UnlockPotential campaign Powered by Seven Seas and The Better India culminated with the on-grou ...

Street Child World Cup: ‘I lived on a train, surviving on leftover food’

More than 200 young people from across the world headed for Moscow in advance of the World Cup to pl ...

Kids these days… What childhood is like around the world?

In which country do children ignore the internet? Where do youngsters eat sprinkles for breakfast? A ...

Reviving Grandma’s Tales: How Urban Kids Are Getting a Childhood Filled with Stories & Outdoor Games

"Kagakka Gubakka, which translates to Crow and Sparrow, is an initiative to bring back the childhood ...

Afghan rapper Sonita talks child marriage in humanitarian crises

"I understood why they would do this, but I couldn't agree." Inspiring activist Sonita was nearly ma ...

No darkness can trap you

"It was my father who said - No darkness can trap you." Inspired by Mai Tatoy's true story from the ...

Song for the New Year: ‘Teach Your Children’ holds the key to building a better tomorrow

Many countries in the western hemisphere have greying populations, but in #India, it’s the #young ...

To raise brave girls, encourage adventure

Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back u ...

Students’ secret notes help police catch traffickers

A letter box in one Indian school is helping spot #childmarriage and human trafficking, Here's how.. ...

Watch: This young boy from Pakistan decided to sing his leave application to the headmaster

This young boy from Pakistan decided to sing his leave application to the headmaster. He even sang e ...

Shocked by death of 13-year-old-friend, this Rajasthan woman launched crusade against child marriage

“My father said he was ashamed of me... I was the only girl in the village still unmarried." In Ra ...

Help for kids the education system ignores

Define #students by what they contribute, not what they lack -- especially those with difficult upbr ...

In Srinagar, a 16-year-old girl gives voice to players who can’t speak, hear

In Srinagar, a 16-year-old girl gives voice to players who can’t speak, hear. #playmatters #girlpo ...

Never stop trying!

If #education needs to shift from knowing to learning – we need to change the what, when and how o ...

A Home-Run School in Gurugram Is Nurturing Basti Children in a Special Way!

A Home-Run School in Gurugram Is nurturing basti #children in a unique way. Here's how.. ...

The dribbling dreams of lower income girls in uttar pradesh

“On this court, over 300 children from underprivileged backgrounds are taught essential life skill ...

How a skateboard made 6-year-old Kamali Moorthy from Mahabalipuram, a star

“…sports like surfing (and skateboarding) are shaking up the status quo, and providing youngster ...

Arre Baba

Little Devika has a problem her father may not understand. Does she miss having a mother? #wethepare ...

‘Who am I to tell you how to bring up your child?’ Nupur D Paiva has not written a book on parenting

Love & Rage: The Inner Worlds of Children is that rare book on the lives of parents an ...

Turning trash into toys for learning

In this inspiring TED video meet Arvind Gupta-toymaker, engineer, scientist, educator, inventor, men ...

The daredevils of Kolkata

The ‘Daredevils’ youth group in Kolkata changed the future of their slum. Discovering that their ...

The child-driven education

Dr. Sugata Mitra’s ‘Hole in the Wall’ experiment shows that in the absence of formal teaching, ...

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