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Parent's job loss has 'significant' impact on child's exam results, research finds.

A father losing his job has a “significant negative impact” on his children’s performance at school, new research has found.

A study led by a University of Bristol academic found that a child’s educational achievements can be harmed when a father loses his job.

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Middle-class children 'hear 23 MILLION more words than poorer children before they start school'

Middle-class children hear 33 million words by the time they start school - 23 million more than poorer children of the same age, a Government adviser has revealed.

A collapse in parenting skills in poor homes with unstable families blights a child's prospects by the time they are three-years-old, according to the Government's adviser on poverty Frank Field.

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Texts and Twitter make children behave badly, says Sir Terry Pratchett.

Text messaging and Twitter are harming children’s ability to write proper sentences and making their behaviour worse, a renowned author claims.

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Children 'not properly hydrated according to a study.

Nearly two thirds of children are not drinking enough at breakfast time to be properly hydrated, according to a study.

Researchers in Sheffield believe the analysis of more than 450 children between nine and 11 is the first of its kind in the UK.

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Hungry pupils left to 'scavenge' for food at school.

Growing numbers of children are turning up at school malnourished, dirty and struggling to concentrate because of soaring poverty levels in the recession, a study suggests.

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