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TREND: Long gone are the days of cheese sandwiches, bowls of crisps and a homemade cake. Today, children’s parties are far more extravagant affairs. Charlotte Cripps, who is bracing herself for her daughter’s 10th birthday Traitors-themed party, looks at the true cost of keeping up playground appearances

FIRST PERSON: A group of health experts has urged parents to stop tracking their children because it causes them anxiety. That’s exactly why I ditched the AirTags, says mum of two Charlotte Cripps, who took a more trusting approach to child safety

FIRST PERSON: The average person spends 41 hours prepping for Christmas – and more than six hours of that time is spent shopping. Armed with a timer, a laptop and a tighter budget than usual, Charlotte Cripps set out to find 27 gifts in under an hour

IN FOCUS: Daddy Pig is in the firing line after supermodel David Gandy claimed he is a ‘useless fool’ and a bad role model. But Charlotte Cripps says he’s clearly not watched enough Peppa Pig – not only is Daddy Pig emotionally present, but he’s also kind

Domestic violence is rising in France and children have been recognised in law as victims in their own right since 2022. As the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Tuesday, RFI visited the country’s only centre supporting children as they try to recover.

The return of Charlie and Lola; the second lives of trees; the dangers of time travel; a YA Bluebeard retelling and more

Leah Matthews was trying to rescue five-month-old puppy Lola when she slipped and fell off a cliff

As Sara Cox completes her heroic ultra marathon for Children in Need, we revisit the time she walked us through her version of London in 2012

Children may not understand politics of shutdown, but fear of future hunger can affect young brains, research reveals