Children

Baby on board: four families on intrepid travels with kids

Spontaneous travel and outdoor adventures with kids... how hard could it be? Four families find out

Back to life: kids’ clothes don’t have to be brand new

Pre-loved and upcycled gear is greener and cheaper, and it’s bang on trend right now

Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis

The number of teenage boys killed on our streets has more than doubled in a decade. We spoke to some of the bereaved parents trying to make sense of it all

Children can’t be safe online. We will have to carry on policing them

The online safety bill is already restricting liberty – and is unlikely to protect the vulnerable

What do tweens really want?

If eight to 12-year-olds were left to their own devices, what would they buy? We gave £30 each to five of them to find out

At 2am, unthinkable things become all too thinkable

A noise from my kids’ bedroom in the middle of the night snapped me into my role of doughty protector

More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment

‘Their welfare is the world’s priority’ MP says after just two young girls granted medical visas since war began

Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct

‘Call the Midwife’ creator Heidi Thomas on what the return of the disease says about our understanding of public health

Why wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to children’s mental health

Exposure to nature offers numerous benefits, but not every child has access to green spaces. The Zoological Society of London is campaigning for all schools to be able to offer outdoor learning experiences

How to fix special needs education

A new scheme allows early autism support for children as young as five, but future funding of Send provision is uncertain as government looks at reforming sector

Children face a death sentence because of anti-vaccine rhetoric

As RFK amplifies vaccination fears, beyond America millions of people will die unnecessarily from infectious disease

Council seeks to make man who faced child abuse trial a guardian

Foster carer cleared but campaigners say the scrutiny panel never informed of the gravity of charges

What’s behind the dangerous fall in vaccination rates?

As false rumours about vaccines have gone mainstream, aid cuts and poverty have led to lower take-up of jabs

Sperm donor app is a ‘serious risk’, warns regulator

Y Factor bypasses fertility rules and allows users to enter into private arrangements – and choose how donation is made

Baby it’s you: tales of motherhood in four countries

How does it feel to parent in Kenya, Japan, Finland and the US? Four women share the highs – and lows – of becoming a mother

‘Sports day had been delightful up to the point the parents had to race…’

As we lined up at the starting line at my daughter’s nursery school sports day, little did I know that I was on the brink of victory

Cowardice and inaction left children to be abused

Professionals tasked with safeguarding young people chose inaction. They permitted rape rather than risk controversy

New child rape law could prolong victims’ wait for justice

Consent will no longer be admitted as defence but brings prospect of more trials involving children as record number of cases wait to go to court