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Children with an irregular bedtime performed worse on cognitive tests, had worse behaviour and were more likely to be obese than others.
Two young boys in helmets, playing soldiers with toy guns (1908-1928).
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Australian children were once free to play on the streets, but today the urban space is less friendly to children and their imaginations.
‘Talk to me about your mother.’
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Psychological defence mechanisms such as blaming parents can be more dangerous for mental health than a traumatic past experience itself.
Though challenges like dyslexia can make learning difficult, these disabilities shouldn’t define who you are – or what you can do.
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The story of a six-year-old boy with dyslexia who, with support from friends and teachers, became a successful professor. Now he teaches teachers how to help children like him.
Childhood trauma can have an impact across generations.
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We’ve known for years that childhood trauma can have lifelong effects on our health. It’s time for medicine and public health to start addressing the problem head-on.
Stressful times.
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Parents need to focus on context and consistency.
A snapshot of inequality in South Africa.
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People in some of the most unequal countries in the world think theirs is the paradigm of meritocracy. Can the data help explain this phenomenon?
Is she getting enough shuteye?
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People have been fretting about children getting too little sleep for decades.
Children need to develop a few channels in life where they can get to know themselves and develop their self-esteem.
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As retirement looms for elite sportspeople, there is a need to prepare for the transition to post-sport life. But there are also important things to consider for transition long before this.
Healthy, supported children can be a boon to their countries’ economies.
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Poor childhood conditions, such as exposure to poverty and stunting, are associated with long-term disadvantages to health, education, social adjustment and earnings.
Something to say.
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The people at risk are the ones who need to be listened to.
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They allow us to explore buried emotions.
That noise is far more sophisticated than it sounds.
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That deafening din was millions of years in the making.
Childhood obesity can be tackled from birth – so why aren’t we doing anything about it?
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To combat childhood obesity, we need to start from day one.
A whole world lies in these pages.
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Dismissing children’s books as childish only means that adult readers miss out on a world of fantastic literature.
There’s all sorts of reasons why children can be unhappy … not just the internet.
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The way it’s portrayed in the media you’d think it was certain that the internet made children unhappy. The evidence says otherwise.
A 2010 meta-analysis of 33 studies found that children raised by same-sex parents fared just as well as other children.
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There is no convincing evidence that same-sex relationships are less stable than heterosexual relationships, nor that they have a negative impact on the children raised within them.
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Enough hand-wringing over children not getting out more.
In the late 19th century, three brothers from New Hampshire drew uniforms for the military troops of their imaginary world.
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One historian is plumbing the oft-discarded works of kids – from shipwreck tales to diary entries – to augment our understanding of U.S. history.
Those who become homeless at or before the age of 15 have an employment rate of just 10%.
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When children under 15 end up homeless it’s likely to have a significant economic and social cost throughout their life.