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The guidance offers advice for parents on how to talk with their teens about potential social media bans. It emphasizes choosing a calm moment, listening without judgment, and recognizing that teens may have mixed feelings ranging from frustration to relief.

It also encourages parents to validate their child’s perspective and involve them in the conversation by asking open-ended questions. Finally, it highlights the importance of maintaining strong offline connections and building healthy, balanced digital habits together as a family.

Escalating violence in and is exposing children to trauma, fear, displacement, and disrupted safety, education, and daily life.

Your can entertain, educate, or expose children to content .

From Brazil, the USA, and Kenya, UNICEF Youth Advocates Juliana, Elmar, and Precious share their experiences growing up online and their vision for a safer internet.

As , displaced children and families sheltering in fragile tents face life-threatening risks from flooding, cold, and disease, even as parents struggle desperately to protect them with almost nothing left.

More than one million people live in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, over half children, and funding cuts are forcing UNICEF to make impossible choices about life-saving services, says Orlando Bloom.

have reached a new pricing agreement that will cut the cost of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to $2.99 per dose within a year.  nearly . 

Poverty severely impacts childhood, endangering children's lives, health, and development while denying their fundamental rights. Today's children face crises like conflict and climate change, exacerbating their suffering. While monetary poverty is critical, it only tells part of the story; many children experience deprivations in housing, nutrition, sanitation, education, and healthcare. This multifaceted poverty leads to poor health outcomes, limited learning opportunities, and bleak future prospects. Ultimately, poverty threatens societal stability and economic growth, fostering conditions conducive to violence and extremism. Urgent action is needed to address these issues.

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on 31 August 2025, displacing thousands of children and instilling fear and uncertainty in their lives. Many children experienced trauma, crying at night and withdrawing from friends. In response, and HYSIO established child-friendly spaces at the Zeri Baba camp, providing safe environments for children to learn and play, helping them cope with their emotions. These spaces also serve as referral points for health, nutrition, and mental health services, benefiting over 2,300 children through case management and over 13,500 through recreational and psychosocial activities.

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Gen Z icons to promote youth mental well-being, contributing $1.4M and mobilizing fans worldwide to reduce stigma and support young people’s emotional health.

What do music legends George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and ABBA have in common? Over the years, they, along with Jon Batiste, Fleetwood Mac and countless other musicians, have helped change the lives of millions of children. From rock and pop stars to jazz, cabaret and funk prodigies – these musicians, in partnership with , have proven that music-led advocacy can drum up compassion for causes once tuned out. And the appeals resonate.

NBA All-Star and two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol, , is helping lead the fight against the global childhood obesity pandemic by whipping up a healthy recipe for change. 

In 2025, obesity surpassed underweight among children for the first time, driven by toxic food environments, while movement empowers youth worldwide to advocate for healthier, more equitable food policies.

Every day, Peter Hawkins wakes up to make a difference. As UNICEF's Representative in Yemen, he puts that boundless energy into helping young people survive one of the world’s most intractable humanitarian crises.

After a decade of conflict and collapse, a new generation of Yemenis are yearning for a better tomorrow: "So the children sit there in these classrooms with no walls, no floors, no desks, and learn, and they're proud about what they learn. And they come to me and say, ‘Look, don't worry, we will continue to learn. But if you can give us desks, if you can fill up the walls and you can give us a floor and a blackboard, it will be even better.’"

In Peter Hawkins reflects on the striking resilience of the people he serves, and shares how his upbringing in Ethiopia and service in Iraq taught him to never give up working for change. For him, the biggest challenge today is not so much about raising awareness, but about action, â€œIt is so important to understand how one side of the world is so lucky and the other side of the world is still desperately poor, and how we bring those two together.â€

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In 2024, modest progress in infant vaccination left nearly 20 million children unvaccinated due to conflict, misinformation, and funding shortages undercutting .