Eighty years ago this month, the United Kingdom pioneered a novel form of social science research, the life-long cohort study. The tool proved so powerful that it has been copied internationally, and repeated every decade or so in the UK…. …The National Survey of Health and Development, to give it the full current title, has… Read More »
One of the big cultural differences between the US and most of Europe is the nature of the legal relationship between parents and children. Broadly, US law and public debate tends to treat children as a form of property, owned by parents who have a very broad discretion to make choices about their health, education… Read More »
Another day, another report revealing the damage from COVID policies to children and their development. A BBC study has found a 10 percent increase in the number of 5- and 6-year-olds in England requiring specialist speech and language support in the last year. This is the group whose pre-school experiences were most disrupted by pandemic… Read More »