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Marvin the friendly monster is back again to help Meningitis Research Foundation with its latest fundraising campaign. For the second year running, day nurseries, pre-schools and playgroups and schools throughout...

More than a third of all children under the age of six fail to eat fruit and vegetables every day, according to a report by the charity Cancer Research UK....

Parents taking up opportunities for adult learning find communicating with their children easier even if their courses have nothing directly to do with parenting, according to a new study. A...

Early years organisations have been urged to follow Ofsted's instructions 'to the letter' when seeking security clearance for staff or else face the risk of lengthy delays. The comment was...

(Photograph) - Children from the National Foundation of Youth Music performed at the Observance for Commonwealth Day 2004 celebration in Westminster Abbey on 8 March. Youth Music was set up...

The internet has led to a massive market in child abuse that the authorities are struggling to stem, while few child victims are able to be helped. Simon Vevers reports...

Is children's behaviour driven by what they experience, or are they born with it? Professor Tricia David continues our series on experts' theories about child development Babies in the womb...

Harry is a healthy baby, despite his identified kidney problems. He was given antibiotics from day two onwards and this will continue for the foreseeable future. He takes this readily...

No one should be reluctant to get their hands dirty when learning opportunties are abundant, says Penny Tassoni Say the words 'messy play' and most practitioners see images of sticky,...

One of the most remarkable things about children is their ability to make an inordinate amount of mess from quite an early age. While as a parent, you may be...