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Coalition makes cuts to £235 Playbuilder scheme intended to create 3,500 community playgrounds across England

Single parents are to be compelled to seek work once their youngest child turns five, or face losing benefits. We ask families how they will cope.

Early intervention projects can improve the lives of children but must not continue to ignore young girls, says Carlene Firmin

Yes, its nutrients are available in other foods, but abolishing free school milk will cause children to turn to high-sugar soft drinks

It’s won the praise of experts for getting kids to eat fruit and veg. So why is this great scheme being largely eschewed in Britain?

Government scraps ContactPoint, which held records on all England’s 11 million children

Much is written about women’s conflict over work and children. But how does a new dad feel leaving his baby after two weeks?

• Findings overturn earlier research on working mothers
• Gains of being in employment outweigh disadvantages

Parents should wave goodbye to boil-in-the-bag entertainment for their kids and realise boredom can be a force for good

Dramatic drop in school exclusions prompts claims that problems students are being passed from school to school