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Byline: Sarah Knapton, Science Editor Disruptive children may have smaller brains than well-behaved youngsters rather than simply being naughty, a new study suggests. British researchers found significant brain changes in [...]

Byline: Telegraph reporters Couch potato children are more likely to suffer premature heart damage, a new study warns. An increase in time from childhood spent sitting down caused progressing heart [...]

Byline: Sarah Knapton SCIENCE EDITOR FIZZY drinks make boys more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than girls, US research shows. A long-term study of women and their children by [...]

Byline: Louisa Clarence-Smith, Simon Johnson and Alex Clark THE damage wrought by pandemic school closures on children's education has been laid bare in an international study, with progress made in [...]

Byline: Louisa Clarence-Smith, Education editor Term-time holidays are 'entirely socially acceptable' after Covid, parents have said in a study which raises the alarm about a sharp rise in the number [...]

Byline: Will Bolton CHILDREN who daydream fall behind at school, a study has found. Researchers have discovered students whose minds wander in class do not retain as much information as [...]

Byline: Sarah Knapton, Science Editor Britons are evolving to be less well-educated and poorer because smart rich people are having fewer children, a new study has suggested. Researchers have found [...]

Byline: Will Bolton Children who daydream fall behind at school, a study has found. Researchers have discovered students whose minds wander in class do not retain as much information as [...]

Byline: Charles Hymas Home AffAirs editor THE rise in older, unmarried, working mothers has contributed to a slump in children's social and emotional skills, particularly among working-class boys, a UCL [...]

Byline: Charles Hymas, Home Affairs Editor The rise in older unmarried working mothers has contributed to a slump in children's social and emotional skills particularly among working class boys, a [...]

Byline: Sarah Knapton, Science Editor Parents who split before their children are six years old put youngsters at greater risk of being bullied, feeling lonely and being unhappy at school, [...]

Byline: Laura Donnelly, Health Editor More than half of parents underestimate how overweight their children are, research suggests. The study of almost 25,000 children found that boys and girls who [...]

Byline: Olivia Rudgard Social AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT WHILE many people draw a direct link between chocolate and happiness, children on their Easter break might disagree. Researchers have discovered that despite a [...]

Byline: Sarah NeweyThe lives of thousands of children could be saved if health professionals keep track of those most at risk of dying after they leave hospital, researchers have found.Previous [...]

Byline: Camilla Turner, Education Editor Giving vulnerable children a boarding school place can dramatically improve their future, a Government study has found. Out of a cohort of youngsters who were [...]

Byline: Laura Donnelly, Health Editor Parents are putting their children's teeth at risk by taking them to the pharmacy instead of the dentist, a study has found. Research on 1,000 [...]

THE Bible warns that the love of money is the root of all evil, but merely letting children touch notes and coins makes them less helpful, a study has found. [...]

Byline: Michael McHugh Playing computer games twice a day reduces a child's chance of obtaining five GCSEs by a quarter, a study has found. Just under half of children who [...]

Byline: By David Millward US Correspondent Research has found that the trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors has seen genetic changes being passed on to their children. A team at New [...]

Byline: Javier Espinoza Education Editor Tweeting and texting in class could help children concentrate in class and engage with subject better, an academic study has found. The new study, by [...]

Byline: Agencies Common perceptions that poorer mothers and fathers are likely to be less involved in their children's lives are unfounded, according to research. A new study argues that less [...]

Byline: Laura Donnelly Health Editor Almost half of children in this country are not developed enough to be 'ready for school' at the age of five according to a major [...]

Byline: Miranda Prynne News Reporter A four-year-old child's ability to draw can be used to predict how intelligent they will be ten years later, scientists claim. Parents might giggle about [...]

Byline: John Bingham Social Affairs Editor Most people have experienced what it is to lie awake at night worrying about how to make ends meet. But the world's super-rich are [...]

Byline: John Bingham Social Affairs Editor For centuries, having children has been held up by many as the ultimate source of fulfilment and meaning in life. However, according to one [...]

Byline: Laura Donnelly Health Correspondent A study found that while rates of the operation have plummeted nationally, in some areas children are now five times as likely to undergo the [...]

Byline: Nick Collins Congratulating a toddler by praising them directly can discourage them from working hard because they believe their abilities are 'fixed' at a high level, researchers said. In [...]