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Do Shit: Get Everyone Ready For School
Anna Kristín helps you navigate the best deals for your kids It isn’t easy to navigate the Icelandic household’s back-to-school season, the autumn, when it’s time to restock your kids’ wardrobe in general, get them a bigger bed, new backpack and find…
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Children Placed In Jail Cells Due To Lack Of Emergency Housing
There are cases where 13- to 14-year-old children have been placed in jail cells at the Hafnarfjörður police station for up to 48 hours, reports RÚV. The Children’s Ombudsman says this is unacceptable. Following the fire at the Stuðlar treatment facility last…
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Kids Run the World: For Better or For Worse
“Ég treysti Yrsu R.” (“I trust Yrsa R.”) I sign a little hand-written waiver decorated with glitter, as I sit in a chair to get a haircut. My hairdresser is just over 10 years old, but that doesn’t make me even a…
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Morphine Addiction In Iceland A Serious Epidemic Amongst Young Kids
According to Icelandic doctor Hjalti Már Björnsson, morphine addiction in Iceland is becoming an increasingly serious problems amongst young kids—one that authorities have to deal with as soon as possible, RÚV reports. The situation seems in fact to be developing in a similar way…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Place To Take The Kids
Everyone who comes to Iceland is pretty keen make the most of their time here, and whether that means a week of carefree holiday meandering or a laser-guided approach to finding the best stuff, a couple of insider tips are always useful.…
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The Parents Guide To Spending A Day In Reykjavík
Reykjavík is full of family-friendly activities if you know where to look. So you can avoid asking random parents pushing their vintage strollers for advice, here’s a list to guide you through the day. SWIMMING POOLS You can start your day by…
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Icelandic Kids: Smoking Less, Hanging Out With Their Parents More
Icelandic kids are spending less time getting high and more time with their parents than they were just a few years ago, according to the results of the Social Index poll of the Ministry of Welfare. The poll reached out to kids…
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Sónar Society: Faces Of Friday Night
The energy at Harpa last night was magnetic. Dancing at SonarHall to Oneohtrix Point Never was crowded and sweaty in the best way possible, and tonight is looking good with a line-up consisting of Karó, GKR, Annie Mac and lots more. Here’s…
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Ash Wednesday In Pictures
If you have been outside at all today, you have no doubt noticed all the goblins, mini-Trumps, witches, and superheroes, and it is not just because Icelanders do not understand how calendars work! No, today is Öskudagur (“Ash Wednesday”), when Icelandic kids…
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Exhibitionist Flashes Kids In Reykjavík
A so called “flasher” exposed himself to a group of kids outside Háteigsskóli elementary in Reykjavík yesterday, reports Vísir. The children are reported to have called for a teacher the moment the man exposed himself and scared him off. “Police were called straight away and…
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Education Board Updates Sex Ed To Reflect Diversity
Hafnafjörður Education Board has decided to join forces with Iceland’s National Queer Organization, Samtökin ‘78, to update the sex education curriculum in schools to reflect more diverse sexualities, reports RÚV. Earlier this year, when the proposal was brought to Hafnafjörður Town Council…
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Drug Dogs Used On Secondary School Kids
Police used drug dogs to search a group of first-year secondary school kids (aged 16) on their way on a field trip, igniting criticism from civil rights workers and lawyers, who say the search was illegal. Vísir reports that no drugs were…
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Half Of Icelandic Kids Want To Leave Country
About half of Icelandic primary school kids polled say they intend to leave the country when they grow up. The findings are a part of research conducted by the University of Akureyri, Akureyri víkublað reports, and shows a dramatic shift in attitudes…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Kids
Dear Nanna, My husband and I were visiting Iceland recently with our six year old son and we all really fell in love with it. Where I’m from it’s pretty normal for parents to get complimented for traveling with well-behaved kids but I was…