Children

Childhood is one of the most formative times of our entire lives. We go through huge physical changes as our bodies grow and develop, turning from a tiny newborn to an adolescent. We learn to speak, walk and read. We learn about the world around us and how to interact with it. Our personalities are heavily influenced by our parents, our siblings, and the friends we have. The family that raises us can define how we live the rest of our lives.

The mirror neuron: How imitating our role models shapes our brains © Getty Images

The mirror neuron: How imitating our role models shapes our brains

Skin-to-skin contact with a parent may reduce new-born babies’ brain response to a pain © PA News

Skin-to-skin contact with a parent may reduce newborn babies’ brain response to pain

'Mini organs' grown for children with intestinal failure © Getty Images

‘Mini organs’ grown for children with intestinal failure

What can we do to support teachers who have to deal with frazzled parents? © Scott Balmer

Aleks Krotoski We need to support teachers who have to deal with anxious parents

Coronavirus: Children carry 'significantly more' virus than hospitalised adults © Getty Images

Coronavirus Children carry 'significantly more' virus than hospitalised adults

Researchers to explore link between coronavirus lockdown and allergies © Getty Images

Researchers to explore link between coronavirus lockdown and allergies

COVID-19: Children play 'limited role' in coronavirus pandemic (Children maintain social distancing measures while taking part in a lesson at Earlham Primary School © Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

COVID-19 Children play 'limited role' in coronavirus pandemic

New test uses machine learning to predict premature births © Getty Images

New test uses machine learning to predict premature births

Brain haemorrhage treatment halves risk of cognitive disability in premature babies © Getty Images

Brain haemorrhage treatment halves risk of cognitive disability in premature babies

Biodegradable scaffolds help infertile rabbits have normal pregnancy © Getty Images

Biodegradable scaffolds help infertile rabbits have normal pregnancy

Some 92 children, most of whom were tested due to close contact with someone with coronavirus, had no symptoms at all © Getty Images

COVID-19 fatalities ‘very rare’ in children

BAME women account for more than half of pregnant COVID-19 admissions © Getty Images

BAME women account for more than half of pregnant COVID-19 hospital admissions

BAME children 'more at risk' of rare COVID-19-related syndrome © Peter Byrne/PA

BAME children ‘more at risk’ of rare COVID-19-related syndrome

10 cool projects created by kids addressing real world problems © Getty Images

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10 cool projects created by kids addressing real-world problems

A learning curve: despite school closures, our children will be OK © Scott Balmer

Aleks Krotoski "Despite school closures, our children will be OK"