Changes to Roald Dahl reveal our hypocritical attitudes towards children and media
Kids are expected to shrug off a daily barrage of sexual and violent imagery – but are seen as too…
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Hannah Barnes: Inside the collapse of the Tavistock gender clinic
The Newsnight journalist on her book Time to Think, and why she had to tell the story of the children…
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Joan Bakewell’s Diary: living with cancer, and the age of the grandparent
Medical progress is making us live longer – and grannies like me are being turned to for free childcare.
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I live with two children who are not my own and they are doing me the world of good
How sweet it is to enter into a world created by the contortions of child’s imagination, and to pretend the…
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The best children’s books of 2022
From magical picture books to thrilling young adult novels, courage and joy are in abundance.
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The government’s concession on childcare shows how much the issue matters to voters
Britain has one of the most expensive childcare systems in the world, with a full-time nursery place costing an average…
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“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care
The murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes revealed shocking shortcomings in the UK’s social care system. What is being…
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Don’t the Conservatives understand there is a childcare crisis?
If the Tories want growth, they need to acknowledge what is keeping so many women from working.
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The Online Safety Bill will set the foundation for future regulation
It’s time to make this bill law and get on with the job of making online life safer.
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Hoorah for the John Lewis Christmas ad. At last, the spotlight is on kids in care
Children in care are in the biggest ad slot of the year and hopefully, eventually in the thoughts of the…
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Exclusive: government healthy food scheme has shrunk by £90m in a decade
Healthy Start gives young families and those who are pregnant vitamins and extra money for nutritious food.
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“I miss memories”: how Covid-19 shook Britain’s children
A new report, exclusively shared with the New Statesman, reveals the pandemic experiences of young people – in their own…
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The antidote to the horror of air travel is the wonder of a child flying for the first time
I was dreading my flight with two fractious five-year-olds until I was at Heathrow Terminal 2 and remembered a key…
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Why girls are pressured to share nudes online
Images and videos of girls aged 13 and under make up 95 per cent of self-generated child sexual abuse on…
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Liberals should lament the breakdown of the family
It’s not conservative to want better outcomes for your children.
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Kathy Reichs Q&A: “I worry every time my grandkids go out”
The crime writer on Jane Goodall, Roe vs Wade and forensic anthropology.
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When my son was born I realised I’d been treating my dog like a big, hairy child
The babying of dogs by broody owners is usually subconscious – except when a pet is put in a papoose.
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The Conservatives have made childcare unavailable and unaffordable
Thousands of nurseries are closing while parents struggle with soaring prices.
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What my toddler and I learned at Drag Queen Story Hour
Despite culture-war outrage, children’s events hosted by performers in drag are safe titillation for middle-class parents.
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The best defence against online child abuse isn’t legislation – it’s education
With “self-generated” imagery being a growing problem, the Online Safety Bill urgently needs to include sex education.
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