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Mabel Segun, author of children’s books and Nigeria’s first female table tennis champion, died on 6 March 2025 aged 95.
Preventing verbal abuse is essential for healthy brain development and lifelong wellbeing.
Five-year-olds showed a strong association between a standard southern English accent and intelligence.
Research suggests diet and E coli infections in childhood could be laying the ground for agressive bowel cancer decades later.
Sharing is about giving up personal resources to benefit others. It requires considering the thoughts, desires and needs of others, which can be challenging for young children.
The victims in more than half of all the ritual murders reported in Ghana and Kenya were children.
Technology has huge benefits in education, but kids need to learn how to use it properly.
The World Health Organization estimates that 43% of children have tooth decay worldwide and 20% of children aged 5-19 years are overweight or living with obesity.
All children have support needs. But some require more than is typical for their age.
Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.
Fragmentation of services is a barrier in addressing severe child poverty.
Some ‘digital native’ children are more responsible online than others, but there are big variations between countries.
Parents would do well to ask questions about their children’s relationships with cute, AI-powered creatures.
If we are shown a lot of heavy bodies, the bodies we rate as attractive get heavier and the bodies we rate as “normal” get heavier.
As public health officials try to tame the outbreak, declining vaccination rates draw concern.
One child said: ‘I should have been allowed in the courtroom and been allowed to say what I wanted.’
The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities reinvested in schools and introduced new pedagogies.
Many famous artists suffered in their early years, but escapism fed their genius.
An increasing number of galleries are asking what it takes to be welcoming and engaging for the younger generation. Here’s how they’re rising to the challenge.
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor in Child Psychology and Education, University of Staffordshire
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Extraordinary Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology