Children
My mother’s best advice: talk to your children like old friends
It was summer, and I was sitting on the washing machine in the kitchen, listening to my mother tell me the best thing about having children. It wasn’t intended...
‘Children see magic in the smallest adventures’: exploring Scotland with my four-year-old
‘There! There – I can see it!” The cries of my four-year-old echoed around the ruins of 13th-century Urquhart Castle, causing a group of US tourists to come running over...
Man given whole-life order for murder of woman and children in Bradford fire
A man who killed his ex-partner’s sister and her three children by setting fire to their house has been sentenced to a whole-life order.Antonia Gawith said she was “haunted”...
Mainstream schools are not beneficial for all Send children | Letters
I’m pleased that Frances Ryan had a positive experience in mainstream school (Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone, 26 February)....
More than 220m children will be obese by 2040 without drastic action, report warns
Without drastic action more than 220 million children could have obesity by 2040, an international report has warned.Globally, in 2025 about 180 million children were obese. But new figures...
At least 80 children dead as missile reportedly hits school in southern Iran
Iran’s parents had just dropped their children off for class on Saturday morning when they found themselves racing back to school gates, as bombs began to fall across the...
The 23 Australian children stuck in Syria are not responsible for their parents. They need our government’s support to return | Donald Rothwell
Ever since news broke that 34 Australians were leaving Roj camp in north-east Syria to travel to Australia, their status and travel plans have been at the centre of...
Drugs, denial and stigma: the babies and children swept up in Fiji’s HIV nightmare
The night her baby’s heart stopped, Clare* blamed herself. Had she taken her out in the cold too much? Had she damaged her lungs by drinking iced water when...
