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Festivals are no place for children | Rebecca Wearn
Friday, 27 August 2010

Taking young children to festivals is the cruel and selfish indulgence of parents not willing to make sacrifices

Parents are forgetting how to play with their children, study shows
Thursday, 26 August 2010

Family games becoming ‘lost art’ as survey cites overwork, boredom and generation gap

Our dysfunctional paternity leave system | Rob Williams
Wednesday, 25 August 2010

David Cameron is keen to be a model for family life, but the coalition hints that plans for extra paternity leave may be shelved

Video: Child's eye: 'The thing that makes me sad is the lack of food'
Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Djamila grows sorghum, millet and beans with her mother in Niger. This year their harvest was poor because of low rainfall, which forced them to beg for food in the city


Be a better parent – and improve your child's mental health
Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Mothers developing nurturing skills on pilot course report big drop in behavioural problems among their children

Children's sight at risk as parents and schools shun eye tests
Sunday, 22 August 2010

Undetected vision problems in the under-eights blamed for learning difficulties, as opticians warn of an increased threat of blindness in later life

Letters: Protect children from passive smoking
Friday, 20 August 2010

This week the UK Faculty of Public Health launched its campaign calling for a ban on smoking in cars where children are present after receiving overwhelming support from its YouGov poll, showing 74

Response: Decisions on care orders are too sensitive to be given a fixed deadline
Friday, 20 August 2010

Courts need time to gather sufficient evidence before removing a child from their parents

Smoking ban in cars carrying children backed by majority of public
Wednesday, 18 August 2010

YouGov poll finds three quarters of Britons want new rules for cars with children travelling in them

Road safety: are poorer children in Britain more likely to be knocked down?
Tuesday, 17 August 2010

New statistics suggest children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be involved in road traffic accidents.