Children
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Why are British five-year-olds 7cm shorter than western peers?
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By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Breastfeeding for longer linked to better exam results
Speed Read New study suggests breast milk could help secure a child top grades in GCSEs
By Rebekah Evans Published
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Should young teenagers be allowed in the metaverse?
Talking Point Children’s rights advocates urge Facebook parent company to block teens over safety concerns
By Harriet Marsden Published
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Ukraine’s children abducted and ‘re-educated’ by Russia
feature Russian camps ‘brainwash’ thousands of Ukrainian children
By The Week Staff Published
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Rewriting Roald Dahl: ‘absurd censorship’ or a sign of the times?
Talking Point References to weight, mental health, gender and race have been changed having been deemed offensive to modern readers
By Jamie Timson Published
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Why China has separated a million Tibetan children from their families
feature State-run boarding schools accused of ‘intense political indoctrination’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The pros and cons of homework
Pros and Cons Should schoolwork be left at the school gate?
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Three children dead after plunging into frozen Solihull lake
Speed Read Search continues for unconfirmed number of other children, with rescue ‘now a recovery operation’
By The Week Staff Published
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‘March of the Mummies’: can people afford to have children?
Talking Point Thousands of UK parents are calling on the government to cut childcare costs
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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Mathematical formula can prevent child tantrums in cars
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By The Week Staff Published
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Five things you may not know about Raymond Briggs
Why Everyone’s Talking About The Snowman author ‘tried to avoid children’ and described himself as a ‘creative sociopath’
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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The options to fix Britain’s ‘broken’ childcare system
feature Proposal to ease staff-to-child ratio in nurseries has been met with anger
By Kate Samuelson Published
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The Week Unwrapped: child soldiers, gender disparity and saving techno
podcast Why are more child soldiers being recruited? What can be done to close the gender pay gap? And would Unesco status kill the cool of Berlin’s club scene?
By The Week Staff Published
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Why the number of children in care in England is set to rise
feature Local authorities caught in ‘vicious cycle’ amid austerity cuts and lack of foster carers
By The Week Staff Published
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