The case that could end ritual male circumcision in the UK
A mother is suing a doctor for circumcising her infant son without her consent.
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COVID vaccines for children under five: what parents need to know
Pfizer and Moderna have both recently reported results for their COVID-19 vaccines in the youngest children.
Many divorcees end up with nothing or only debt after divorce – new study
The Fair Shares Project reveals the financial realities of everyday divorce in England and Wales.
Biased algorithms: here’s a more radical approach to creating fairness
An ethicist on why fixing algorithms may not be the best response to algorithmic bias.
The human race evolved to be fair for selfish reasons
“Make sure you play fairly,” often say parents to their kids. In fact, children do not need encouragement to be fair, it is a unique feature of human social life, which emerges in childhood. When given…
Many parents won’t read their children scary stories – but perhaps we shouldn’t blame them
A recent survey suggests that a third of UK parents avoid reading their children scary stories. Is this a worrying trend?
The challenge of delivering evidence‑based medicine in children’s care
Medicine is steadily improving its evidence base, but in children, careful research and ethical limits mean progress takes time.
School funding: promised increases are actually real‑term cuts – and poorer schools are hit hardest
Children in classrooms – particularly in disadvantaged areas – are already feeling the very real effects of funding cuts.
How a Victorian trip to Palestine spurred modern ornithology – and left it with imperial baggage
H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
Explainer: What is ‘fair banding’ for secondary schools?
Banding is an attempt to mitigate some dangers arising from the way children are allocated to secondary schools. The characteristics of the children attending a school matter a great deal to all concerned…