All children have a hearing test when they are around seven or eight months old but sometimes a hearing impairment develops later and may not be picked up until as late as 10 years old, writes Tiffany-Maria Joseph more »
From an early age shapes play an important part of your child’s development. And shapes are a key part in children’s numeracy curriculum right the way from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 3. more »
In a survey of 3000 secondary schoolchildren, carried out between 2005 - 2007 by anti-bullying charity BeatBullying, a shocking 71.4 per cent admitted to being the perpetrator of a bullying incident. more »
As a parent, facing the prospect of divorce or separation from a partner can be a daunting experience, fraught with anxieties of how your child may be affected. more »
According to road safety charity Brake, traffic is the biggest single killer of 12-16 year-olds. A child is hurt or killed every 20 minutes on UK roads, say Brake. more »
Recently a survey by the Fathers Institute (previously know as Fathers Direct) showed that three-thirds of parents agree that society values a child’s relationship with mother more than the father. So how can dads get more involved with their children? more »
When it comes to going to school, if we’re honest, the top concern is not whether our children will do well but whether they will be safe. Often at the centre of this concern is the fear that our child will be bullied. more »
Who the children live with and where they go to school are just some of the types questions parents only ever have to consider when going through a divorce. Suddenly parental rights take on a whole new meaning. more »
