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Research into parental support needs is informing Cambridge Children’s Hospital’s commitment to provide a ‘whole family’ approach to care.

Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of...

Family courts are misunderstanding and misusing research around how children form close relationships with their caregivers, say an international...

Expectant parents’ emotional struggles predict emotional and behavioural problems in 2-year-olds, new research shows. The same study reveals, for the...

Wanting your child to have the best chance in life is natural for any parent. But by focusing too much on the ‘skill’ of parenting, are we losing...

Welcome to our new ‘ Spotlight on children’, a focus on research taking place at the University of Cambridge relating to children and childhood – from...

New research shows beetles that received no care as larvae were less effective at raising a large brood as parents. Males paired with ‘low quality’...

Families come in many guises. Some parents are same-sex; others are single by choice. Growing numbers of children are conceived through assistive...

Research into adoptive families headed by same-sex couples paints a positive picture of relationships and wellbeing in these new families. The study...