Children
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Rosie and Ruby Formosa, who were joined at the abdomen when they were born, are preparing for their first day at school
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Little attention has been paid to the impact of sexual abuse on those close to the primary victim. One family has decided it’s time to break the silence
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‘Single lapse’ in eye examination by Honey Rose meant she failed to pick up signs that Vincent Barker, 8, had fluid on the brain, a condition that cost him his life
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Men from same remote Canadian community discovered they were switched at birth, prompting outrage and questions about substandard healthcare
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Changes coming in this autumn will take an average of £60 a week from households affected, government analysis shows
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Youth workers who rallied to help the young people whose support network disappeared when the charity collapsed, share their insights
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Letters: As all work, including the professions, has come under increasing commercial pressures and all sectors are subjugated to cost- and fee-cutting demands, so the status of women in the workplace has deteriorated
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Omar, a 17-year-old Syrian, has Home Office approval to join family in London but is trapped in refugee camp waiting for transfer
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Should you take your children to visit sick relatives?
Ranjana SrivastavaIt’s normal to want to protect our children from sadness. But making illness and mortality invisible to them can have unexpected consequences in the long term -
Cuts to children’s centres are hitting Cornish families who can’t afford a trip to the nearby beaches, warn charities
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Letters: Eating and feeding are, like sex, fundamentals of our intimate lives, not easily altered at will or by instruction
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Number of those reporting symptoms increases from 33% to 37% since 2005 but survey also finds teens less prone to risky behaviour or playing truant
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As the leader of the cancer taskforce, I’m shocked how this government’s pledge to protect the next generation has been watered down
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Other lives: Leading researcher in the field of teaching children to read
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As the poet’s new collection is published, he talks about growing up in care and finding his voice
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A compelling study of a controversial Ukrainian pastor whose forceful approach borders on vigilantism
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Allowing the food industry to regulate itself puts profits before children and flies in the face of the evidence
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Battle against ‘pester power’ has been undermined, says Royal Society for Public Health leader Shirley Cramer
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I loved being the mom of young kids, but I'm not sad they're growing up
Mary Elizabeth WilliamsNew parenthood is special, but it’s also tough. When that uninterrupted bathroom break finally comes, you should celebrate -
After promises last year of ‘draconian’ action on high-sugar and high-fat foods, just-announced plans suggest obesity is not as much of a priority for Theresa May as it was for David Cameron
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Former Haringey children’s services director says treatment by politicians and media after Baby P’s death has left social services hamstrung by ‘fear of failure’
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The death of a toddler at the hands of his abusive family shocked the nation in 2007, and led to the sacking and demonisation of Sharon Shoesmith, head of Haringey children’s services. But was she just a scapegoat?
Notebook SOS: save our swimming lessons