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Understanding the implications of enabling children to grow into healthy, happy, educated and inquiring adults, in safety and free from adversity.

An illustration from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by John Tenniel

Alice through the ages: revisiting a classic at 150

14 Sep 2015

A five-day programme of events at Homerton College, Cambridge, will celebrate the publication, 150 years ago, of Lewis Carroll鈥檚 鈥楢lice in Wonderland...

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365.060 - Watching TV

Use of TV, internet and computer games associated with poorer GCSE grades

04 Sep 2015

Each extra hour per day spent watching TV, using the internet or playing computer games during Year 10 is associated with poorer grades at GCSE at...

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Play鈥檚 the thing

04 Aug 2015

Children鈥檚 play is under threat from increased urbanisation, perceptions of risk and educational pressures. 探花直播first research centre of its kind...

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Back to school (crop)

New index of children鈥檚 鈥榮chool readiness鈥 highlights importance of family support

28 May 2015

探花直播importance of family support on a child鈥檚 鈥榮chool readiness鈥 is highlighted in a study published this month in the British Journal of Educational...

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Baby toes stretch (cropped)

Blood markers could help predict outcome of infant heart surgery

06 May 2015

New research suggests it may be possible to predict an infant鈥檚 progress following surgery for congenital heart disease by analysing a number of...

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Cover image from Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms

Families with a difference: the reality behind the hype

12 Mar 2015

Families come in many guises. Some parents are same-sex; others are single by choice. Growing numbers of children are conceived through assistive...

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A child's portrait of multiculturalism in the playground

鈥淵ou need to ignore it, babe鈥: how mothers prepare young children for the reality of racism

19 Jan 2015

Research among mothers with young children living in multicultural London shows that racism is a reality for children as young as five 鈥 and that...

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Still from animation "Our House"

Trilogy of short films explores young people鈥檚 views of life in social care

27 Nov 2014

A powerful new short film created with young people in residential care is helping provide valuable insights for service providers into the...

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Diabetes

Overnight home use of artificial pancreas 鈥榝easible and beneficial鈥

22 Apr 2014

Children with type 1 diabetes have been able to use pioneering artificial pancreas technology, developed at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, for the...

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Wellies

When mothers are active so are their children 鈥 but many mothers are not

24 Mar 2014

A study of physical activity patterns of women and their four-year-olds reveals a strong association between the two. It also shows that only 53% of...

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Mods & Rockers 1960s - 1970s

Generation blame: how age affects our views of anti-social behaviour

24 Jan 2014

Research reveals disconnect between what adults and young people interpret as anti-social behaviour (ASB), as 40% of adults see young people...

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"Back to School". Homepage banner image by Woodley Wonderworks via Flickr

School starting age: the evidence

24 Sep 2013

Earlier this month the "Too Much, Too Soon" campaign made headlines with a letter calling for a change to the start age for formal learning in...

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