Stories
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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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Children in burns prevention campaigns
Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.
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Having children as a fat woman
When she sought fertility advice, and at antenatal appointments, Ellie Levenson found that medics were openly anti-fat. Only years later can she evaluate the true repercussions of their words and actions.
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The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
Catalogue
- Books
Children and youth in sickness and in health : a historical handbook and guide / Janet Golden, Richard A. Meckel, and Heather Munro Prescott.
Golden, Janet Lynne, 1951-Date: 2004- Books
Children and families affected by HIV in Europe : the way forward report of a symposium on the needs of children and families affected by HIV a European perspective held in Torgiano, Italy, 13-16 May 1993 / Naomi Honigsbaum.
Honigsbaum, Naomi.Date: 1994- Books
Children and pain / Priscilla Alderson ; illustrated by Clare Davies-Jones.
Alderson, Priscilla.Date: 1992- Books
Children apart : autistic children and their families / Lorna Wing.
Wing, Lorna, 1928-2014Date: 1973- Books
Children and childhood in Roman Italy / Beryl Rawson.
Rawson, Beryl.Date: 2003
Events
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- Workshop
Where do the children play? Larp
Crumbles Castle Playground
Past
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Parent Advocacy and Attitudes Towards Cerebral Palsy in the Mid-20th Century
Online
Available to watch
Part of Exploring Research
- Auto-captioned
- British Sign Language
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Why Play Matters
Henry Wellcome Auditorium
Past
- Hearing loop