Parenting & Education

Britain is now a ­multilingual country. You can walk 100 yards along a street in London without hearing English being spoken.

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Siân Smith and Helen Williams, from Cardiff Council’s Literary Scheme, explain the importance of phonics when teaching children ...

Children whose parents frequently read with them in their first year of school are still showing the benefit when they are 15, s...

Forget everything you may have read about coping with children’s temper tantrums. Time-outs, sticker charts, television denial—f...

The human brain is the most complex entity in the known universe and despite the best endeavours of scientists, there are still ...

With the help of old maternity notes, scientists have discovered that adult health is directly related to childhood nutrition, s...