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
Channel 4’s The Joy of Teen Sex fails to satisfy health professionals
Programme puts viewing figures above educational value, say signatories of letter to broadcaster. By Carrie Dunn
South Africa teaching unions criticise HIV testing in schools
Plan to test children as young as 13 condemned amid concerns about psychological impact of a positive result
Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to . . . weaning
They may have ignored the breast is best message but parents have taken on board the message to delay solids
A hugger or a tiger mother: battle of the baby-rearing strategies
A series of new books is likely to open up fresh controversy about the way we bring up our children; some demanding strict, regimented parenting, others a more laid-back approach
Slogans are bad for babies
Sarah Ditum: Breast may be best, but for the welfare of mother and child one message can't drown out all others