Understanding the implications of enabling children to grow into healthy, happy, educated and inquiring adults, in safety and free from adversity.
The management of childbirth and care of newborns have always been hotly-debated topics. PhD candidate Leah Astbury looks at narratives of...
Preliminary results from a pioneering study at Cambridge University paint a positive picture of the relationships formed between surrogates and the...
New study to reveal what happens to the human brain as we mature; research will also provide insight into the development of mental disorders
Test could be used as an inexpensive screening tool to facilitate early intervention.
Researchers have offered a convincing new theory which explains why children believe that they are invisible when they cover their eyes.
A landmark study of criminal activity in teenagers indicates that some never see crime as a course of action while others are vulnerable to...
A year-long study on childrens' music-making indicates that playing music in groups on a regular basis greatly improves a child’s ability to...
A new study into the grim and frequently heart-breaking history of childhood sickness and death has opened a window on to a surprisingly tender world...
Dr Hannah Newton, an historian of science with an interest in how previous generations coped with childhood illness, digs up some 17th century tips...
A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our...
Morag Styles may be the only Professor of Children’s Poetry out there. Having recently taken up her new role, here she explains why poetry for the...
Archaeological research reveals that 13,000 years before CBeebies hunter-gatherer children as young as three were creating art in deep, dark caves...
