Children
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Patricia Clarke
Young people turning to Childline for help with AI dependency
Mon 19 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Hundreds of children in illegal care homes is ‘what failure looks like’
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Melanie Reid
A cold childhood casts a long shadow
Mon 12 Jan 2026
Patricia Clarke
A global ‘coalition of decency’ could tackle X over sexualised images
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Amber Rudd
Children can’t escape the horrors of social media. Ban it for under-16s
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
Libraries are essential to help us navigate the world
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘Children need loving, lifelong connections. That’s what this is’
Fri 26 Dec 2025
James Tapper
The care home gold rush
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Charlotte Reck
The big business model making millions from kids in care
Fri 19 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Vanessa Thorpe
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Kate Finnigan
Gifts for curious children
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Sam Freedman
Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Martha Gill
Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Imogen Carter
Picture books of the month: where the wild things are
Sat 22 Nov 2025
Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively on the best children’s books of all time
Tue 11 Nov 2025
Penelope Lively
Why children’s books matter
Tue 11 Nov 2025
