Plans to convert a Nelson property into an assessment centre for vulnerable families have been approved by Pendle Borough Council.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Over the past 26 years, drug labels were updated to include pediatric information, but more than half of the medicines studied still came only as adult pills. Labels often lacked guidance on how to ...

Children with additional educational needs will no longer need an assessment to access a special class or special school under reforms designed to cut years-long waiting lists for vulnerable children.

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...

Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid. By ...

Much has been said about the detrimental impact of screens on childhood development, but a new study takes that concern to an even younger age. This is as much about what children aren't doing as it ...

Much of the public discourse around artificial intelligence has focused, understandably, on its potential to fundamentally alter the workforce. But we must pay equal attention to AI’s threat to ...

Formerly only a real estate financing company, DeFi Development Corp started buying Solana to become a Solana treasury company as well, currently holding over 609,000 tokens. DeFi Development Corp has ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores underline a continuing decline in educational achievement in the United States. The Institute of Education Sciences’ tendency to ...

We are living in an age of metaphorical parenting. First it was tiger parenting. Then helicopter parenting, snowplow parenting, and free-range parenting became trends. Now, gentle parenting is having ...

The Bayou City owns a dubious distinction: it consistently ranks as one of the top cities in the United States for human trafficking. Sadly, you don't have to look far to see examples of it. And the ...