Children

Hacker T Dog on joining Blue Peter: ‘I’m the dog embodiment of chaos!’
TV

Hacker T Dog on joining Blue Peter: ‘I’m the dog embodiment of chaos!’

Hacker T Dog is joining team Blue Peter as an equal, the first ‘animal’ presenter in its 67-year history

Children’s television has moved online. Parents, be wary
Kids' entertainment

Children’s television has moved online. Parents, be wary

Some of the online content out there for kids can be addictive and overstimulating

Acid attack survivor Katie Piper: ‘We live in divisive times – our empathy is being lost’
Kindness

Acid attack survivor Katie Piper: ‘We live in divisive times – our empathy is being lost’

Katie Piper discusses her new children’s book, child poverty, chosen family and why empathy is the greatest gift

Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn’t morbid – it’s necessary
Rowan Humphries-Massey

Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn’t morbid – it’s necessary

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’
Hygiene poverty

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’

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The UK has a fertility crisis – here’s how we solve it
Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here’s how we solve it

‘It’s sad we have come to this’: Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger
Social Justice

‘It’s sad we have come to this’: Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK
Child poverty

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’
Community

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’

I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it
Clair Graham

I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies
Emily Compston

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
Homelessness

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
Summer survival guide

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
Kids eat free

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: ‘It just can’t go on’
Food poverty

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: ‘It just can’t go on’

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’
Childcare

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’

I’m a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what’s right and end it
Sara

I’m a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what’s right and end it

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’
Child poverty

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits
Two-child benefit cap

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

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Father’s Day: Why it’s time to start talking about single dads
Fathers Day

Father’s Day: Why it’s time to start talking about single dads

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect
Autism

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children
Film

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families