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Time to stop physical punishment and score equal rights for children 

Posted on January 13, 2021February 11, 2021 by Christine Garrington

A piece of news that might have slipped under the radar for some in this challenging year is that Scotland became the 60th country in the world to make it illegal to physically punish a child under the age of 16. The law came into force as a result of an evidence review conducted by…

Pregnant and poor? Children likely to face many more challenges  

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Christine Garrington

Over the past two decades, an increasing amount of research on Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs)* has helped to highlight the importance of the early life social environment as a predictor of what a person’s health will be like as they get older. The research has shown that children who experience one trauma such as parental…

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