School’s out and the museums in the Ironbridge Gorge are ready to give local families a jampacked summer of fun.

DEER CREEK (310 pp.)—Gulielma Fell Alsop—Vanguard ($3). Gulielma Alsop* can remember when a nickel was a respectable weekly allowance for a little girl. When she went walking with her ...

Victorian periodicals and personal writings remind us that death being common did not make it less tragic. Darwin agonized at losing “the joy of the Household ,” when his 10-year-old daughter ...

In the first half of the 19th century, between 40% and 50% of children in the U.S. didn't live past the age of 5. While overall child mortality was somewhat lower in the U.K., the rate remained ...

Victoria will undertake a rapid review of safety in childcare centres as the state seeks to move before the Commonwealth.

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College Thu, December 12, 2024 at 4: ...

The Victorian Greens are calling for an Independent Early Childhood Safety Watchdog saying that a proper oversight body for transparency and accountability is vital to rebuilding trust with families ...

“Growing up here, we were just like the Famous Five,” Carrie Horgan says of her family home: Ballynona Cottage, just outside ...

Victorian Women Liked Sex, Says Early Survey. Sex scholar Clelia Mosher surveyed women's intimate bedroom secrets. By ABC News. April 9, 2010, 4:54 PM.