children, Tag

Children dying in overheated cars is one of those preventable tragedies that just shouldn't happen, and an 11-year-old boy in Texas decided to do something about it...

When parents send their kids off to school, they might worry their child forgot their homework or won't eat enough lunch. Air quality isn't usually among their worries. But a joint investigation from The Center for Public...

Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits

Let's face it: no one wants to have to go to the hospital if they can avoid it. It's not just that being poked and prodded by doctors is uncomfortable: being stripped of your everyday wear and put into a drab hospital gown...

  Have some old cardboard mailing tubes you just aren't sure what to do with? Why not use them to build a playhouse for a child in your life? The Sukka Shift is a striking cubby that allows both daytime play and nighttime...

George Osborne has unveiled the results of the government’s spending review; here we analyse the key points in 25 main areas

At 21, Korvi Rakshand had to turn away from a little girl who asked for his help, that led him to start his country’s most innovative education NGO

Ed Miliband reveals 10 measures, from an energy price freeze to repealing the market framework for the NHS, he would set out in a Queen’s speech if elected

News from Balcombe To paraphrase Ignatius Loyola: Give me child  while he is still at school and I can make him think the way I think he should.

Kids everywhere can now make sun salutations, not war. These cool Army men figures are an updated version of the classic, with yoga mats instead of guns and grenades. The result of a successful Kickstarter campaign, San Francisco-based...

Pete May’s radical stance as a youth enraged his father. But he found an ally in his Uncle Arthur, a former military man who loved Margaret ThatcherWe shouldn’t have got on. My uncle Arthur was a military man who had...

As winter arrives, join our panel of experts from 2-3pm GMT on Tuesday 9 December to discuss how to help the rising number of households unable to afford to heat their homeFuel poverty is on the rise...

SOL is a collection of contemporary jewellery that collects and stores usable energy when worn in the sun, thus creating an alternative way to charge small devices, such as a cellphone...

Most of us remember our favorite childhood playgrounds, where families got together to socialize and kids had the opportunity to run around and play. Many urban areas are noticeably devoid of such spaces, but a group of volunteers...

Have you ever considered an alternative education model for your child or children? One that values self-motivation, play, and plenty of time in nature? If you have, maybe Montessori will interest you...