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Education needs a revolution, not just more cash
We are still stuck with a school system that fails to cater for two thirds of young people
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Spending time with toddlers helps elderly fight dementia
Experts have come up with an invigorating tonic for the elderly – a toddler.
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How to occupy your kids this summer
Outdoor-learning schemes make kids happier and fitter. Why aren’t there more of them?
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Family: how to deal with a lying teenager
Every parent knows that teenagers fib. Lying is normal boundary testing that happens as children grow up (or “individuate” as an American dad once described the adolescent process to me).
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Calls to ban doll that ‘spies’ on children
She is the smart, talking doll that “you can talk to like a real friend”. According to child safety campaigners, however, My Friend Cayla may also be a spy.
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Teenage girls need “other mothers” as mentors
Daughters can be deaf to maternal wisdom — so we need female mentors to help raise them
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It’s a protective instinct to snoop on our kids, but we risk losing their trust
Time to confess my guilty maternal secret: I am a sneaky snoop. I’m so desperate to know what is going on in my teens’ lives that I resort to reading things I should not, looking into drawers I’ve no business to look into and craftily glancing at open computer screens or unlocked mobile phones.
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Britain is a nation full of cry-babies, scientists reveal
Babies cry more in Britain than almost anywhere else in the industrialised world, research has shown. Newborn children in Canada, the UK and Italy topped a survey conducted by scientists who analysed data on almost 8,700 infants to assess how upset they were in their first 12 weeks.
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Paternity leave — use it or lose it
Men should be offered “use it or lose it” father’s leave, paid at a generous rate, to ensure they take off a substantial amount of time with their newborn, the UK’s equality watchdog will say this week.
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Telling mothers-to-be not to drink ‘is wrong’
Official advice to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy is overly cautious and sexist, academics claim.
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