Children
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Letter: Many reviews have focused too much on procedural and administrative issues at the expense of more emotional ones, says David Saltiel
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Women’s fertility problems are not theirs to bear alone. Men are also delaying childbirth
Alexandra CollierIn my late 30s I kept crashing into a frustrating ceiling in my dating life – men who were ambivalent to the idea of having children -
The chancellor’s £15bn spending is a welcome step in the right direction, but offers no plan for growth and fails to address the causes of child poverty
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Suella Braverman says schools can treat pupils who identify as trans as if they were their birth sex because under-18s cannot legally change sex
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Letters: David Hinchliffe says it is impossible that children’s welfare is being put first when 83% of residential care provision is in private hands. Plus letters from Roy Grimwood and Christina Russell
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Not being pro- or anti-porn is the best stance to have for young people, so you don’t encourage them, nor shame them
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The pressure staff come under – especially from hostile parents – can cloud their judgment, asks Harry Ferguson, professor of social work at the University of Birmingham.
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Editorial: A review of social services’ role before the murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes rightly avoids pinning blame on individuals
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Letters: The waiting list to see a mental health nurse at school is months’ long, says one teacher. Plus letters from Martin Bell of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Stephen Baron
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Laura Castle shook Leiland-James Corkill to death in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, after losing her temper with him
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Brief letters: Enduring lessons of the Bard’s plays | Children and risk | Wolves v buses | The next monarch | Purple line power
The shame of childhood poverty stays with you for life