Are girls “growing up too fast” online?
Viral videos of pre-teens documenting their skincare regimes and “love lives” have sparked a moral panic.
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The crisis on England’s maternity wards is worse than I imagined
A new parliamentary report reveals that thousands of women across the country suffer through traumatic births.
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Hilary Cass: “Do I regret doing it? Absolutely not”
The Cass Review author on facing her critics, and how children’s gender identity services failed to “pause for thought”.
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Teresa Thornhill: “The system keeps some children safe, but fails others”
The former child protection lawyer on how overstretched social services endanger families.
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Katharine Birbalsingh’s prayer ban is a victory for tolerance
The Michaela School head teacher is right: secular measures prevent, rather than inflame, religious prejudice.
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The Cass Review into children’s gender care should shame us all
Why was the prescription of puberty blockers to distressed children allowed to continue for so long?
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The child entertainment reckoning
From family vlogging to kids TV, former child performers are speaking out about toxic workplaces, exploitation and abuse.
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We must nourish children’s sense of wonder
Nothing is more character-forming than enthusiasm for the natural world, and the openness and attentiveness it fosters.
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The Nordic parenting myth
Scandinavians are not better parents – but their politicians, unlike Britain’s, understand that childcare is a social good.
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Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre
Why the world’s largest gender clinic for children is closing.
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Child vaccination uptake is falling once again
The current wave of measles cases can be traced back to the cost-of-living crisis and cuts in NHS health visitor…
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The case against therapy in schools
A provocative new book argues that the therapy industry is exacerbating our children’s mental health crisis.
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The wisest investment in your child is not giving them a smartphone
Preserving your child’s ability to focus confers a competitive advantage.
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The Research Brief: young people are too ill to work
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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The Parliament Brief: will the new schools “phone ban” keep children safe?
Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, told MPs that most headteachers already restrict the use of devices.
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When fundamentalism fuels child abuse
The YouTuber Ruby Franke, who was convicted of abusing her children, claims she believed they were “evil and possessed”.
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Esther Ghey: “The internet unleashed horrific things”
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey on how to protect children online.
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We’ve forgotten what skin looks like
Something is wrong when ten-year-olds are seeking out anti-ageing products.
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The Research Brief: inside Britain’s “teenage sexting epidemic”
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Social media companies can no longer leave children to their own devices
Big Tech must share user data so we can truly understand the risks of phone use for young people.
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