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Weary parents shouldn’t miss this science-backed guide to raising kids

Most parenting manuals end up gathering dust on my bedside table, but Melinda Wenner Moyer's Hello, Cruel World! isn’t one of them

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Smart device can measure how much milk breastfed babies really drink

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Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent

A classroom decorated to resemble a woodland as part of a myopia trial in a school in Lijiang in Yunnan province, China

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Classrooms decorated like woodlands seem to slow myopia progression

Single mother with son at home. She is using computer for paying bills or online shopping.

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How neuroscience and bad studies have fuelled intensive parenting

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Parents stop finding diapers disgusting once babies are eating solids

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How neuroscience can help you find the perfect children’s toy

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Believing in Santa Claus doesn’t make children act nicer at Christmas

Children in Quebec, Canada, taking part in the Open Sky School programme

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Forest schools don’t actually boost most children’s mental health

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Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed

Rates of near-sightedness are rising all over the world. But solutions to the epidemic are coming into focus and could be simpler than you think

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This surprisingly creative trick helps children eat more fruit and veg

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Children with cancer may benefit from having a cat or dog ‘pen pal’

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Clown visits may shorten the amount of time children spend in hospital

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Long covid causes very different symptoms in children versus teenagers