3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (604+ words) Children who love to read are giving up the habit "once machines come into their lives, the actress and campaigner Sophie Winkleman has warned. Winkleman, who is an outspoken campaigner for banning smartphones for those aged under 16, threw her support…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (822+ words) You don't have to love your children every minute of every day, but it is your duty to parent them. Here are some tips from the experts that are useful for life (and not just for Christmas). A meltdown isn't…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (696+ words) This has been the year of the phone fightback (as in trying to wean us off our phones for limited periods of time). A few years ago we thought this was a problem exclusive to millennials and young people who…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (553+ words) Less than a third of Australian parents plan to fully enforce their country's world-first social media ban on children and young teenagers when it comes into force this week. While nearly 70 per cent of voters supported the ban, due to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (693+ words) The health secretary has defended an NHS trial of puberty blockers as he faces pressure from dozens of MPs for the study to be halted. Up to 250 girls and boys as young as ten will be recruited from NHS gender…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (645+ words) The chief inspector of Ofsted has signalled his support for an Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s in Britain. The organisation's annual report, published on Tuesday, said the use of social media and smartphones was one of the key…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1169+ words) With a landmark social media ban for teenagers just a few days away, parents gathered at a school in a coastal suburb of Melbourne for guidance. An official from the eSafety Commissioner was beamed into the auditorium at Padua College…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (765+ words) A clinical trial giving puberty blockers to children will ask participants from the age of 12 if they identify as "two spirit. The "10.7 million trial, commissioned by the NHS and to be run by a team at King's College London, was…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (449+ words) More than half a million young men are not working or studying, with most also not looking for a job. One in eight people aged 16 to 24 is classed as not in education, employment or training (Neet), a rate that has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1481+ words) Child-centred parenting is putting marriages at risk, the parenting guru Gina Ford has said. In a rare interview, the author of The Contented Little Baby Book said that even couples in "strong marriages" struggled to stay together because a lack…...