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.

Babies from ancient Ecuador found wearing the skulls of other children as helmets © Sara Juengst & Richard Lunniss

Babies from ancient Ecuador found wearing the skulls of other children as helmets

My child has an imaginary friend… should I be worried? © Dan Bright

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My child has an imaginary friend… should I be worried?

Teenagers: how to deal with your parents (and how they can understand your brain a little better) © Getty Images

Teenagers How to deal with your parents (and how they can understand your brain a little better)

Why does time speed up when you get older? © Getty Images

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Why does time speed up when you get older?

Omega-3 fish oil can reduce ADHD symptoms © Getty Images

Omega-3 fish oil can reduce ADHD symptoms

85 per cent of UK children are not getting enough exercise, WHO report finds © Getty Images

85 per cent of UK children are not getting enough exercise, WHO report finds

Dean Burnett: What’s going on in the teenage brain? © Getty Images

Dean Burnett What’s going on in the teenage brain?

Traditional soups could prevent malaria infection, study suggests © Getty Images

Traditional soups could be the secret ingredient in fighting malaria

The mystery of language: how children learn to speak their mother tongue © Getty Images

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The mystery of language How children learn to speak their mother tongue

Newborn baby hiccups linked to brain growth © Getty Images

Newborn baby hiccups linked to brain growth

Excessive screen-time linked to changes in preschoolers’ brains © Getty Images

Excessive screen-time linked to changes in preschoolers’ brains

Children can understand counting “years earlier than previously believed” © Getty Images

Children can understand counting “years earlier than previously believed”

Dean Burnett: You could forgive a teenager for looking at the wider adult world, and saying “…it’s really up to us now” (Greta Thunberg speaks at an event with other climate activists on 22 April 2019 in London © Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Dean Burnett You could forgive a teenager for looking at the wider adult world, and saying '…it’s really up to us now'

Human overpopulation: can having fewer children really make a difference? © Getty Images

Human overpopulation Can having fewer children really make a difference?

Ancient baby bottles hold clues to prehistoric diet © Enver-Hirsch/Wien Museum

Ancient baby bottles hold clues to prehistoric diet