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Many pregnant teenagers are putting their babies' health at risk because they cannot afford an adequate diet, a joint report by the Maternity Alliance and the Food Commission has claimed....

Petitions calling for a ban on the use of prescribed psychiatric drugs in children under six and for vitamin and herbal supplements to be available on prescription have been lodged...

Early years staff who have returned to Britain from a part of the world where Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has been reported should be allowed to return to work...

All Children First, Plymouth's Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, hopes to attract up to 2,000 visitors to a free fun day on 31 May to celebrate the start of...

Looking after their children tempers the benefits of working from home for many parents in low-paid jobs, according to a report funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Dr...

The new general secretary of the GMB union, Kevin Curran, has said his priorities would be 'those that I campaigned on' - employment rights, pensions, equality and opposition to the...

Group and individual support programmes at school help children to cope with family break-ups, a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found. The report, Schools and Family Change: School-based...

Fifty charities and organisations have joined forces to launch the first ever all-inclusive Deaf Awareness Week to focus on the needs of 8.7 million deaf or hard of hearing people...

The Government claims its newest scheme will fill the hours gap in childcare, yet take-up so far has been minimal. Simon Vevers looks at another job description for childminders. The...

As part of our ongoing series on children's dispositions, Anne O'Connor discusses how to motivate children to work at tasks for their own sake rather than adult approval. As adults,...