Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Worth’s 1872 illustration for the Household Edition of The Old Curiosity Shop highlights her grandfather’s grief at losing ...

The Victorian-era parenting practices that make the 1950s look enlightened While 1950s parenting practices seem shocking ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Modern medicine has enabled ...

Victoria’s aquatic power brokers have stepped up their concerns for a timely return to indoor pools for essential swimming and water safety programs. Victorian Aquatic Industry Alliance (VAIA) was ...

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter ...

Victorian children's marbles and a school tablet with handwriting were discovered by archaeologists in London, reveal fascinating details about the East End's history.

Damning new figures have revealed that in March 2537 children were waiting to be ­assigned their own workers, and the number of unallocated cases was increasing. The 14 per cent of cases remaining ...

There was once a time, writes the historian Therese Oneill, when 'parents were not enslaved to the whims of ultra-confident toddlers.” There was no counting to three, no half-hearted threats to ...

Victorian parents are being warned common household products pose a serious poisoning threat these summer holidays. Here are the top dangers at home. The figures, from the Victorian Poisons ...

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter ...