Early puberty has become a very worrying public health issue of late. Our journalists headed to Copenhagen, where endocrinologist Anders Juul has been documenting the phenomenon for years. Pr. Juul ...

Prenatal screening for Trisomy 21 is a technological advance that also presents parents with an extremely difficult ethical decision: should the pregnancy be terminated? Nine out of ten couples opt ...

Disruptive behaviour in schools has become the number one problem for teachers. Restlessness, disrespect and aggressive behaviour is seen in younger and younger kids who mess up kindergarten classes. ...

A year as an au pair – what better way to discover life for the four teens that will share the laughs, tears, disappointment and joys of living in a family where their cool will occasionally be ...

Is international adoption on its last legs? Some countries , like Switzerland, The Netherlands or Denmark are thinking about calling it quits. And yet adopting children internationally is, more ...

Being exposed to too much screen time early on may cause serious consequences on the development of preschool-aged children. Delayed language acquisition and behavioural ssues are regularly observed ...

Sex education in schools is facing growing opposition, despite being a hit with students and most parents. Age-appropriate lessons aim to nip abuse in the bud, shed light on the body and emotions, ...

Thanks to social egg freezing, or oocyte cryopreservation, women can now delay motherhood. I'll have a baby if, with whom and when I want to!” could become the rallying call of an entire generation ...

7 x 42' - Leaving it all behind to live deep in the woods for over a month, accompanied by wildlife specialists? That's the challenge taken up by two families who didn't know each other for a ...