Nestlé launches coffee-style machine for baby milk
Formula milk powder version of capsule machine stirs debate on breastfeeding advice
Autism: a mother’s labour of love
Her daughter's diagnosis led psychiatrist Lorna Wing to dedicate her life to increasing our knowledge of autism, writes Giulia Rhodes
Children growing weaker as computers replace outdoor activity
Modern life is 'producing a generation of weaklings', claims research as physical strength declines in 10-year-olds
Have your say on … breastfeeding
The people's panel: Mothers are bombarded with advice about breastfeeding – but we'd like to hear from four readers about their views
The inside track on head lice
Washing hair or tying it back makes no difference. Lice are after blood . . . and they are not fussy
Breastfeeding leads to better behaviour in children, researchers claim
Interaction between mother and child seen as significant factor in research based on Millennium Cohort Study
Nadine Dorries’s abstinence bill is a definite no-no
Sarah Ditum: Dorries wants just girls to be taught how to say no to sex. Such grim sexism is a bad way to prepare children for relationships
Jamie Oliver’s brain food crusade runs aground as school dinners hit £2.60
Healthy meals mean better grades, insists television's top chef Jamie Oliver, but price rises put progress at risk
LazyTown and Sportacus join drive to improve children’s health
Tories to use cult television programme to promote physical activities and attack junk food
Shock tactics: Treatment or torture?
Ed Pilkington visits the Boston school that uses electric shock as a treatment for children and adults with severe autism or emotional problems