Foster and kinship carers are volunteers who provide day-to-day care to children who are unable to live safely with their…
New technologies claiming to copy human milk reuse old marketing tactics to sell baby formula and undermine breastfeeding
New products that claim to replicate mother’s milk have entered the lucrative market for infant formula. To an anthropologist and…
The experiences of parents with a newborn during COVID-19 lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health measures have added a whole new set of challenges for parents. Their social…
Community initiative keeps Kenyan women breastfeeding exclusively for longer
Exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, as recommended by the World Health Organisation, is vital for child growth and…
‘I don’t think I can cope financially’ – the people putting off parenthood because of austerity
Britain’s birth rates are plunging. The number of babies being born has been in steep decline since 2017. Now, researchers…
Breast milk can contain COVID antibodies – good news for babies
Although babies and young children are at lower risk of getting very sick with COVID-19 compared to older adults, a…
Why are babies going hungry in a food-rich nation like Canada?
Jean, a 24-year-old mother of two, said: “People don’t think there’s hungry kids out there [in Canada].” She would like…
five tips from an expert
Learning to read does not begin when a child puzzles over the words in a book for the first time.…
Why do couples use baby talk with one another?
Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over each other, doting over their “wittle…
Why kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2, according to a nutritional epidemiologist
I remember a decade ago sitting in front of my 9-month-old daughter, who was in her high chair, and trying…