Understand your child’s development through milestones, expert insights and practical advice covering cognitive, emotional, social and physical growth.
Emerging guidance highlights the significance of emotional well-being, play, and language-rich interactions in pre-nursery settings, shaping children’s confidence and lifelong learning habits from the earliest years. For many families, the first step beyond home is not about letters or numbers…
As algorithmic recommendations and viral trends dominate teen music choices, concerns grow over their subtle but powerful influence on perceptions of gender, sexuality, and behaviour, highlighting the need for critical engagement rather than outright bans. Teenagers often use music as…
Seychelles has initiated a comprehensive puberty education programme targeting young girls to foster knowledge, reduce stigma, and address teenage pregnancy and sexual health concerns, with plans to expand nationwide. Seychelles has launched a new puberty education scheme aimed at helping…
New insights highlight that children thrive when parenting mixes warmth with discipline, adapting to cultural and individual differences, with balanced approaches leading to better emotional and academic outcomes. Parenting style can shape far more than day-to-day behaviour. It can influence…
A University of Gothenburg study finds that peer sexual harassment starts as early as Grade 4, impacting boys and girls equally, with significant consequences for mental health and daily life. Peer sexual harassment can begin as early as Grade 4…
As pregnancy progresses into the third trimester, many expectant parents experience intense emotional and physical challenges. Experts emphasise that anger is common and temporary, urging understanding and practical coping strategies rather than guilt. By the third trimester, pregnancy can stop…
Experts call for prompt evaluation of heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents, highlighting risks of silent bleeding disorders and the need for better diagnosis and management. Heavy periods in teenage girls should not be dismissed as a routine part of adolescence,…
Sophie Dumas shares her family’s journey after her 10-month-old daughter Sienna was diagnosed with central precocious puberty, highlighting the emotional and medical hurdles of this rare condition. Sophie Dumas says her daughter’s early diagnosis has turned everyday parenting into a…
In South Africa’s townships, the development of resilient adolescent identities demands a societal shift towards stable relationships, safe spaces, and dependable services, confronting the lingering impacts of apartheid-era planning and urban fragmentation. South Africa’s teenagers are being asked to build…
Amid increasing recognition and debate over overdiagnosis, experts emphasise the importance of comprehensive assessment and personalised treatment plans for ADHD, cautioning against both dismissing the condition and overpathologising childhood behaviour. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder remains one of the most debated neurodevelopmental conditions,…
Psychologists describe a phase known as ‘soiling the nest’, where teenagers create friction at home before independence , a behaviour rooted in normal development and often misinterpreted as rejection, with parents urged to recognise its protective roots and manage anticipatory…
New research from Rutgers reveals that women exhibiting depressive symptoms immediately after childbirth face a significantly higher risk of infant death within the first year, underscoring the importance of early detection and treatment. Researchers at Rutgers say depressive symptoms recorded…
