Nadine Dorries: Teenage girls should be taught how to say no to sex

MPs narrowly pass first reading of Nadine Dorries' bill to start classes in abstinence for girls aged 13 to 16

Hope and ambition at the school for teenage mothers

When a 15-year-old has a baby, it doesn't have to mean the end of her education and her hopes of a career. Amelia Hill visits the school that treats motherhood as an opportunity

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

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

Doctors demand schoolgirls be vaccinated against genital warts

Second vaccine 'should be added to cervical cancer programme' for teenagers

The Joy of Teen Sex has a sheen of fakery

Reni Eddo-Lodge: With its emphasis on technique and products, Channel 4's series has the potential to damage the progress of sex education

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

How vegetables can give you that golden glow

Scientists prove that your five a day make you more attractive – by subtly altering your skin colour

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua – review

Amy Chua reckons tough love is good for children. Terri Apter can't wait to read their memoirs

The best age to become a mother – between 20 and 35

Leader of UK's maternity doctors warns against trend towards older motherhood and says schools could help to teach youngsters the best age for childbearing