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The Guardian.com | Robin Parker and Boyd Hilton  Robin Parker, features and comment editor, Broadcast magazine How BBC schedulers must have winced when director general Tony Hall told theRadio Times last week that...

TANITH CAREY FOR THE DAILY MAIL | 31 January 2015 That’s what David Attenborough called nine-month-old babies this week. And here’s the fascinating proof he’s right! Sir David Attenborough has...

BBC News | Health | Dominic Hughes | 30 Jan 2015 The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three children overweight, may be beginning to level off in the under-10s, a study suggests. It found a steady rise in...

Medical Xpress | Psychology & Psychiatry | Michelle Wheeler | January 28, 2015 Children playing table tennis on a game console move their arms faster and further than those playing in real life but miss...

Medical Daily | Dana Dovey | Jan 26, 2015  Child negligence is a term we hear far too often. The psychological effects of this form of child abuse have been widely documented, but its physical consequences...

The Irish Times | Sara Keating | Jan 27 2015 Before children become literate, music, painting, crafts and drama can give them powerful tools for communication and development Artist Helen Barry works with young children at Wee...

The Conversation | James Rudd | 28 January 2015 Australians like to think themselves as sporting and fit – a concept reinforced by the success of the country’s elite athletes. But evidence is emerging that...

WISHTV.com | Nina Criscuolo | January 29, 2015 TORONTO, CANADA (WISH) — A new Canadian study suggests there could be added health benefits for kids who play outdoors on their own or with their friends. Researchers at Toronto’s...

HEALTHCANAL | 28/01/2015 | Study Author | Jamie L.

The Guardian | Steven Morris | Monday 26 January 2015 Most parents surveyed by the British Heart Foundation said they’d been pestered by their chilldren for treats seen on TV. Health campaigners are renewing...

BBC News | Ouch | Emma Tracey | 23 January 2015 Parents of disabled children say finding fun things for them to do is a full-time job. Could a new TripAdvisor-style site solve this? “We went as a family to a water park...

BBC News Magazine | Justin Parkinson | 21 January 2015  Children’s scooters have soared in popularity in recent years, but are they making life easier or harder for parents and pedestrians? Getting the kids...

 BBC News | Sean Coughlan | Education correspondent | 22 January 2015  Parents are using access to computers as a way of controlling their children’s behaviour, according to a study of modern childhood....

The Independent | RICHARD GARNER | EDUCATION EDITOR | 17 January 2015 A campaign to scrap new baseline tests for four- and five-year-olds to be taken in the first few weeks of their starting in reception class has been launched....