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As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms,…

February 5, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmBrain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South CarolinaThe South Carolina…

Whether it’s playing at being doctors or hosting a toy’s tea party, children are adept at engaging in make-believe – now researchers say bonobos can do…

Nearly 100 children were harmed by a Great Ormond Street surgeon, according to an independent review.Great Ormond Street hospital (Gosh) conducted an independent review of nearly…

Parents of disabled children fear that the government’s reforms to special needs education in England could mean they lose vital support, according to a new survey…

A row between government departments has broken out after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed cutting all its funding for physical education in…

Almost a quarter of GPs are seeing children aged four or under who are obese, according to a survey of UK family doctors.The “alarming” research also…

About one in four children who started reception in 2025 were not toilet trained, a survey of teachers has found, prompting warnings that growing numbers of…

“They took her, they took her, they took her.”Those were some of the words Cora Muñoz, the Wilbur Cross high school assistant principal, could discern while…

At Stoke primary school in Coventry, there are many four-year-olds among those starting in reception class who can’t sit still, hold a pencil or speak more…