Although children can recover from their parents’ divorce, it remains a potentially traumatic event. Parents know this, and so, of course, they will seek to minimize the effects of the breakdown of their marriage on their children.
Let’s Talk Kids: Share your child’s life story with them
Every day in hospital obstetric units all over the world, brand new parents tell stories which will be told again and again. Most of the time, there are congratulations all around with a smattering of laughter and tears. But if you listen between the lines, you realize that what you are really hearing is the sound of parents constructing the story of their child.
EU demands right to child benefits even after Brexit
The right of EU citizens working in Britain to send child benefits to their children living abroad, even if they are born after Brexit, has become the latest flashpoint in the clashes between London and Brussels over the UK’s withdrawal from Europe.
Should children study in the summer holidays?
Vivienne Stiles tutors children aged between four and 16 throughout the summer.
They attend a class twice a week, and are given between 15 and 90 minutes of maths and English homework every day.
“Children’s brains need to be stimulated throughout the holidays,” she says.
The Dark History of Defining ‘Family’
The Trump administration lost another round on Wednesday in its continuing legal battle over its travel ban against people from six majority-Muslim countries and all refugees.
Getting to grips with longevity
In America today a 70-year-old man has a 2% chance of dying within a year; in 1940 this milestone was passed at 56.