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Emma Haslett
Hoping for a ‘perfect’ baby? Genetic testing startups lure parents to US
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Why my book on mothers battling for custody was pulped – not once, but twice
Sun 1 Mar 2026
John Simpson
Viral memes fuel hysteria over school fight clubs
Sat 28 Feb 2026
James Tapper
Measles outbreak raises fears of increase in fatal brain disease among children
Sun 22 Feb 2026
James Tapper
Pausing puberty blockers trial seems political, not scientific, says Cass
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Eva Wiseman
Why slime is the start of the slippery slope for tween skincare
Tue 17 Feb 2026
Heidi Thomas
Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct
Tue 27 Jan 2026
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
Rachel Sylvester
The government has flunked its curriculum review
Wed 5 Nov 2025
Liv Little
How Jacqueline Wilson transformed British girlhood
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Eva Wiseman
Having kids has changed my cinema experience
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Kitty Empire
Halloween books for kids to sink their teeth into
Sun 12 Oct 2025
Martha Gill
Seeking safety, children find hostility on Britain’s shores
Sun 5 Oct 2025
Catherine Milner
Pupils starved of art lose their creative spark
Sat 27 Sept 2025
Tim Leunig
If growth is the aim, the UK must lift more children out of poverty
Sun 21 Sept 2025
Lynzy Billing
How a western charity helped the Syrian regime abduct children
Thu 11 Sept 2025
Lynzy Billing
How a western charity helped the Syrian regime abduct children
Thu 11 Sept 2025
Emma Haslett
Dismay in nursery sector as free hours plan expands
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Matt Alagiah
Baby on board: four families on intrepid travels with kids
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Maggie Davis
Back to life: kids’ clothes don’t have to be brand new
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Francisco Garcia
Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Martha Gill
Children can’t be safe online. We will have to carry on policing them
Sun 3 Aug 2025
What do tweens really want?
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
At 2am, unthinkable things become all too thinkable
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Catherine Neilan
More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Matthew Gould
Why wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to children’s mental health
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Rachel Sylvester
How to fix special needs education
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Andrew Pollard
Children face a death sentence because of anti-vaccine rhetoric
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Anna Fazackerley
Council seeks to make man who faced child abuse trial a guardian
Mon 7 Jul 2025
Fred Harter
What’s behind the dangerous fall in vaccination rates?
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Emma Haslett
Sperm donor app is a ‘serious risk’, warns regulator
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Abigail Leonard
Baby it’s you: tales of motherhood in four countries
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘Sports day had been delightful up to the point the parents had to race…’
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Nazir Afzal
Cowardice and inaction left children to be abused
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Louise Tickle
New child rape law could prolong victims’ wait for justice
Sat 21 Jun 2025
Kitty Empire
The best children's chapter books for the summer
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
British dads deserve a better paternity deal
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Michaela Makusha
I miss Club Penguin and the noughties internet
Wed 11 Jun 2025
David Blunkett
‘We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world’
Sat 31 May 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘With 10 siblings and a frugal dad, we never had babysitters’
Fri 30 May 2025
Critics Theatre How to Fight Lonliness
Sat 26 Apr 2025
