Rachel de Souza: Make school days longer to boost mental health
The children’s commissioner says extended school hours could improve well-being and ease social isolation.
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The problem with Instagram’s new child “age estimation” software
Age verification AI raises questions about reliability, bias and privacy.
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Don’t invite us to bring our babies to work, give us proper maternity leave
Getting back to the office as quickly as possible after giving birth shouldn’t be normalised.
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How the value of child benefit has plummeted
The welfare payment is now worth less than it was in 1999.
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Taxing the childless would be an insult, not a solution
A truly “pro-natal” society would ensure that having a child doesn’t mean career suicide and financial devastation.
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The problem in schools isn’t cancel culture – it’s rape culture
A New York magazine story has sparked a debate about mob justice among young people, but it misses the point.
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The other windfall tax: Can this blueprint fix the children’s care system?
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care calls for £2.6bn of new spending on “the civil rights issue of our…
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Reading to my son, I realise you can get away with murder in children’s books
Moralising hasn’t disappeared from children’s literature, but the content of the message has subtly changed.
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“Children have sacrificed so much – we must prioritise them”
The pandemic has taken its toll on children’s mental health
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Smacking a child is not like punching a minister
The debate highlights how Western society’s perspective on children has changed.
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David McKee leaves behind beautiful, vivid art – and an important message
The creator of Mr Benn, Elmer and Not Now Bernard died on 6 April aged 87. But traces of his…
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Clare and Michael Morpurgo: Experiencing nature is as important as literature
The author and his wife teach children to value their environment and themselves by immersing them in farm life and…
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Does social media make children feel worse?
Social media’s link to wellbeing, particularly among young people, is far more tenuous than much of the discourse on the…
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Truth’s out: our “natural” birth obsession kills
The Shrewsbury report proves C-sections save lives.
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Bullies in their bedrooms
Children’s lives are defined by the internet, but whose job is it to keep them safe?
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Why is anyone surprised by sexual abuse on “Tinder for teens”?
Children are left online with no supervision, even by parents who ban them from playing in the street.
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We’ll never have gender equality while Paw Patrol is around
Why do kids’ TV shows use female characters as simpering, silly sidekicks?
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Should we vaccinate our kids?
Jabs have risks, but then so does Covid.
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Why it’s time to free schools from the tyranny of Ofsted
Let’s use this moment, when the pandemic is making us rethink so many aspects of how our lives and society…
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Teaching your 10-year-old about porn isn’t as awkward as them learning about it from someone else
We’re kidding ourselves if we pretend porn isn’t shaping young people’s sexual scripts. So talk to them about it.
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