Clear targets, shared tasks and online donation tools can help youth teams cover rising costs without exhausting parents and volunteers. Youth sports may build confidence and teamwork, but they also bring a familiar strain for families: the cost of keeping…
A review finds inconsistent evidence linking food allergy with ADHD and warns that broad elimination diets may bring nutritional risks without proven benefits for attention symptoms. Parents who are managing both food allergy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a child often…
A nursery teacher says creativity grows through child-led play, messy exploration and a few minutes of undivided parental attention, not a packed timetable. The question many parents wrestle with is not whether children need activities, but how many are enough.…
Therapists warn that casting children as the responsible one, peacekeeper or troublemaker can shape self-esteem, fuel sibling resentment and persist long after childhood. Children often learn far more than manners and homework habits from home; they also absorb roles that…
Family therapists say parents can reduce destructive sibling rivalry by coaching children through disagreements, avoiding comparisons and intervening firmly when conflict becomes harmful. Sibling squabbling is a familiar part of family life, and most of the time it does not…
ADHD can be masked by overpreparation and high achievement, while symptoms such as internal restlessness, time blindness and rejection sensitivity remain easy to miss. ADHD is often discussed as though it always looks the same: a child who cannot sit…
Calls to strengthen Chile’s School Feeding Programme are shifting the debate beyond healthier menus towards universal, sustainable meals linked to local producers and long-term disease prevention. The case for better food policy is increasingly being made as a public-health imperative,…
Catherine’s Royal Foundation project will investigate how outdoor experiences, creativity and relationships influence the emotional and social development of babies and young children. The Princess of Wales has unveiled a new research project that will examine how time spent in…
Nearly one in five Filipino babies with a recorded birth weight was born below 2.5kg, as the rate climbed to 18.6 per cent in the latest national survey. The share of Filipino babies born underweight has risen to its highest…
Young children with asthma, heart disease, weakened immunity and other conditions face a higher risk of serious flu complications, making annual vaccination and early medical advice especially important. Children with chronic health conditions face a greater danger from influenza than…
