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Children looking at phones

Technology

Does more than 2 hours of screen time really harm children's brains?

A study says that children do better academically if they limit screen time, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is time to ban their phones

Analysis

Two people push children in prams

Technology

Babies are at risk from air pollution but some pram designs can help

News

An egg under a microscope

Technology

Face recognition screens egg donors so your child will look like you

News

A newborn baby being held by a doctor

Health

The cancer-fighting multi-organ: 9 ways the placenta is amazing

Features

Make cartoon

Technology

Predictive texts: a bot that dreams up children's stories

Regulars

The way toddlers waddle can teach robot footballers how to play

Technology

The way toddlers waddle can teach robot footballers how to play

News

refugees

Life

UK failing child refugees because we can’t reliably verify age

Insight

Child in hospital bed

Health

Three critically ill children helped by speedy genome sequencing

News

A crying baby being comforted

Humans

Young babies disapprove when they see adults acting immorally

News

A baby being breastfed

Health

Transgender woman is first to be able to breastfeed her baby

An experimental treatment regimen has enabled a transgender woman to exclusively breastfeed her baby for six weeks, during which time the baby grew healthily

News

Health

Training parents to work in hospitals benefits premature babies

News

Health

The truth about what downing energy drinks really does to kids

Insight

Technology

YouTube's bots aren't protecting kids from all its nasty videos

Insight

Health

Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

News