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Harsh or withdrawn parenting practices can intensify ADHD symptoms in middle childhood

3 February 2026

Ignoring or shouting at children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can worsen the problems they face forming friendships and regulating their emotions.

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Toddlers spending two hours on screens a day

12 January 2026

Two-year-olds in England watch television, videos or other digital content for an average of two hours each day, double the daily screen time recommended by the World Health Organisation for this age group.

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Research on fertility and families enhanced with new harmonised cohort data

29 September 2025

Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

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Women breaking educational barriers less likely to become mothers

30 July 2025

Female graduates are less likely than non-graduates to become parents by their mid-40s, with this ‘fertility gap’ driven primarily by women who were the first in their family (FiF) to attend university.

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Does parenthood impact mental health?

16 July 2025

While parenthood is linked with better mental health, new UCL research reveals social and economic circumstances also matter.

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Only a quarter of millennials who want children are trying for them

4 October 2024

Two fifths of 32-year-olds in England want children – or more children, if they are already parents – but only one in four of them are actively trying to conceive.

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Staying social helps people keep physically active in midlife

22 May 2024

People who remain members of clubs and societies throughout their lives tend to have a higher daily step count and exercise more in their mid-40s.

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Children of care leavers risk inheriting parents’ emotional scars

7 February 2024

The trauma associated with care experience casts a long shadow on mothers’ mental health and that of their children, finds new UCL research released today (7 February 2024).

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Being an only child doesn’t affect children’s development

15 September 2023

Being an only child doesn’t affect your development – family background matters more.

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Poorest children have worse health and educational outcomes in adolescence

24 March 2023

Generation Z children born into the poorest fifth of families in the UK are 12 times more likely to experience a raft of poor health and educational outcomes by the age of 17 compared to more affluent peers, finds a new report led by UCL researchers.

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Inequalities in early child development remained stubbornly high through the 2010s

23 June 2022

Inequalities in the early cognitive, social and emotional development of children in the UK, which are so important in shaping later life outcomes, have changed little between those born in the early 2000s and those born in the early 2010s. Researchers from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies […]

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