The cabinet of ministers chaired by President Hassan Rouhani approved on Sunday a bill, according to which, children born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers are permitted to receive Iranian citizenship. They are also allowed to get ID cards based on mother’s request before the age of 18 and their own request after the age...Read More

For parents, going on vacation with their children can be extremely difficult. They should be prepared in some matters before taking such a trip with kids, especially if they are under 15 years old. Children in that age group make up a small but important traveler group. Their bodies are still developing and this makes...Read More

By Milena Nikolova and Boris Nikolaev* For many people, job loss can be a catastrophe with far-reaching negative psychological and economic consequences. Unemployment leads to lower earnings, worse physical and mental health, and lasting unhappiness for those directly affected. The negative psychological consequences of unemployment can even spill over to spouses and children. In a...Read More

Seyed Morteza Anjavinejad Policies and programs aimed at increasing educational and economic opportunities typically target either low-income children or their mothers, but not both, which limits their impact in fostering intergenerational mobility. There is a need for the development and implementation of dual-generation strategies, which focus simultaneously on both children and mothers to foster long-term...Read More

Did you share your favorite childhood book with your children? If you did, you’re not alone. Most people do. But did you know it can help your children to develop a lifelong love of reading? Literacy experts say if parents are emotionally attached to the story they’re telling, they can boost their own child’s engagement...Read More

Parents who share pictures of their children on social media are putting their human rights at risk, the United Nations has warned. The UN’s special rapporteur Joseph Cannataci said that ‘strong guidelines’ were needed to preserve the rights of children whose parents upload video and images of them, telegraph.co.uk reported. During a mission to the...Read More

TEHRAN – Some 88 percent of children of refugees who are living in Iran are studying in schools across the country, head of the international affairs department of the Ministry of Education has said. Gholamreza Karimi made the remakes on the sidelines of a conference on foreign national students’ educational affairs in Iran, Mehr reported....Read More

An Iranian couple has, in a humanitarian move, shared photos of needy children on their Instagram page to provide the opportunity for benevolent people to help deprived families.  Saeedeh Delmoradi, a young teacher who teaches at a school for exceptional children, and her husband Mohammad Mousavian, have managed to build a new life for needy...Read More

The number of children adopted in Tehran increased by 25 percent in year 1396 (March 2017 – March 2018) compared to the year before, deputy head of Tehran’s welfare organization for social affairs said.  Some 500 children were adopted by Tehraners last year, a 25-percent growth year on year and a 70-percent growth compared to...Read More