News Archive
Pressures making teenage life a misery, warns charity
Tuesday 19. of September 2006By: The Guardian
Britain's teenagers are afflicted by an epidemic of depression and self-harm, a leading children's charity warned yesterday at the start of a two-year inquiry into whether the pressures of modern living are sullying the...
Alarm over pupils facing a 50-hour school week
Tuesday 19. of September 2006By: The Times
TEACHERS and campaigners clashed yesterday over government plans for schools to offer “wraparound” childcare that would have pupils spending 50 hours a week in school.
Why music lessons are good for the memory
Wednesday 20. of September 2006By: The Times
MUSIC lessons may improve memory and learning ability in young children by promoting different patterns of brain development, a study shows.
Breast milk is key weapon in fight to lower Africa's child mortality rate
Friday 22. of September 2006By: The Independent
The lives of a million babies could be saved every year by the simplest and most natural remedy of them all - breast-feeding.
Childcare is ‘harmful for the very young’
Tuesday 26. of September 2006By: London Evening Standard
Government minister Beverley Hughes sparked a row today after she said that putting very young children in childcare is not in their best interests.
If you think 'breast is best' for your child's intelligence then think again, say scientists
Wednesday 04. of October 2006By: The Guardian
Breastfeeding your baby has little or no effect on its intelligence, the largest study ever conducted on the issue reveals today.
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
Monday 09. of October 2006By: American Academy of Pediatrics
Play is essential to development as it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and youth. Play also offers an ideal opportunity for parents to engage fully with their children. Despite...