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childhood
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Are only children really spoilt, self-centered and lonely?
I am an only child. Saying this sometimes feels like a confession – not least when people respond…
Are only children really self-centred, spoilt and lonely?
I am an only child. Saying this sometimes feels like a confession – not least when people respond…
Evidence of consciousness in newborns has implications for their care
Do newborn babies consciously hear sounds and feel pain? In the past, infant boys undergoing circumcision were often…
Periods are starting younger and we're struggling to pin down why
Menstruation is occurring earlier and earlier in life for younger generations in the Western world, but researchers are…
The unexpected reasons why human childhood is extraordinarily long
I WAS going to start this article another way. But that was before my 10-year-old daughter intervened. In…