In 1896, Lady Sybil de Vere Brassy, the wife of the then Governor of Victoria founded the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (VSPCC) as a voluntary independent organisation.

The Victorian government will make public transport free for all children from next year in a bid to relieve cost-of-living pressures. Starting from January 1, 2026, everyone under 18 will be ...

A new study offers insight into how this process works. Children's attention and learning might operate differently than ours—not better or worse, but not the same. Children may learn more ...

A gaggle of children got off the bus alongside their teachers shortly before noon local time. Kate then emerged and held a little girl named Grace's hand to walk across the concourse outside the ...

Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty of diseases largely unfamiliar today, they also warn against being lulled into thinking that child deaths ...

It is an arduous journey fraught with dangers natural and human—predatory animals, scarce food, as well as violence, robberies, and sexual assault, whose victims include children. “[A] five-year-old ...

Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty of diseases largely unfamiliar today, they also warn against being lulled into thinking that child deaths can ...

Thomas Worth's 1872 illustration for the Household Edition of _The Old Curiosity Shop_ highlights her grandfather's grief at losing Little Nell. Thomas Worth via George P. Landow/Victorian Web ...

Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children ... the chill of a Victorian bedroom ...

Andrea Kaston Tange does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty of diseases largely unfamiliar today, they also warn against being lulled into thinking that child deaths ...