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Services must step up mental health support

13 November 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Ten per cent of children and young people aged five to 16 suffer from mental ill health and are not getting the treatment needed.

Is a better diet in custody a recipe for success?

16 October 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

A doctor and writer with the wonderfully exotic name of Theodore Dalrymple once observed that young people coming out of young offender institutions were probably considerably healthier than when they...

In my view

13 August 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

The board game that made sex education fun.

Information is key to problem drinking

18 June 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

The government's recent Youth Alcohol Action Plan is a welcome response to the growing problem of young people drinking alcohol.

Editorial: Health strategy needs clarity and commitment

7 May 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Prior to the battering Labour received in the local elections, the government suffered a more particular embarrassment at the 4Children conference at the start of the week.

Healthy eating habits need to start early

2 April 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Children's eating habits often determine the state of their health in the long term.

Commissioner for Wales is up to the challenge

26 March 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

It was an "exceedingly drawn-out" appointments process, according to one Welsh politician. But Keith Towler came through the interviews, both with young people and politicians, to secure the position of...

Bridgend suicides point to social dislocation

5 March 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

Most of us are only too aware of the growing prevalence of mental health problems among young people.

A blinkered view of disability still prevails

5 March 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

About seven per cent of children under the age of 16 in the UK are disabled.

We must not alienate teenage parents

27 February 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Although teenage pregnancy rates in Britain are falling in many areas, the country's overall rate remains the highest in Western Europe.