Childhood and adolescence
![Black-and-white photo of a child standing in front of a large aquarium, watching big fish swim by.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cf6bc6b8-ff4d-432b-9493-6129f0f62116/rt-final-par377966.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Transcendent experience
idea
To thrive, children need to experience awe – and you can help
Alongside love, sleep and play, awe is precious for children. There are small, everyday ways to make it a part of their lives
by Artemisia O’bi & Fan Yang
![A young child passenger sits on the front of a motor scooter, with an older male rider partly visible behind. The rider has tattooed arms and a sign on the scooter reads ‘Thailand’](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d88087c0-350b-4313-84e4-8f6fc6f37272/rt-panos_00225363.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Personality
idea
How babies’ and children’s temperament varies around the world
International research reveals intriguing regional differences in temperament – the infant precursor to adult personality
by Matt Huston
![A young teenage girl wearing a trilby hat sits on the steps leading up to a yellow front door](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5087f47f-a35e-49c7-82a4-3b3bbee35ae0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Childhood and adolescence
guide
How to support kids to be brave
The desire to protect kids from uncomfortable situations is natural. But they need your help to grow into the unknown
by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
![Three girls dancing in a bedroom; one on a bed in blue outfit, others on the floor wearing casual clothes. The room has pink curtains and a blue lamp.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f34e1348-ca77-4e90-9669-363690e3d1c3/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Life stages
film
A nostalgic ode to being 15, fearless and in love with the world
Directed by Celia Willis
![A child meeting Santa in a mall looks disbelieving](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5c271126-d565-4366-ad90-f2b7312a64d5/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Childhood and adolescence
idea
At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception?
Exactly when and how children discover they’ve been duped makes an important difference to the revelatory experience
by Shayla Love
![Several children and a teacher interact happily at a table in a classroom, with one boy laughing and a girl in blue looking on.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fcb0ec36-83ef-4b64-acd1-d870db416b75/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Learning and education
idea
This is how to nurture curiosity in children (and yourself)
The curiosity that comes naturally to babies and young children can soon wilt – but there are ways to help it grow
by Shayla Love
![Black-and-white photo of a group of children viewing a large bronze sculpture of two figures embracing in a museum setting.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/51e16966-f6e5-48a5-b50a-5e86d438de72/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Parenting and families
guide
How to talk to your children about sex
It’s not about one embarrassing ‘big talk’. Prepare and protect them by applying these basic principles early and often
by Eva Goldfarb
![Close-up profile of a plastic golden crown with colourful jewels on top of dark, short hair against a blurred, warm-toned background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/17a1a577-330e-41f9-98e4-ad48cd26bfb8/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Childhood and adolescence
film
Charting seven decades of heartbreak and rebellion for queer teens at prom
Directed by Andrew Moir
![People standing and walking near a street corner with a brick building and a colourful mural in the background on a sunny day.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f8a8865-03f8-41e4-a910-410d9c619918/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Childhood and adolescence
idea
Adolescence is a ‘use it or lose it’ time for moral development
For certain neural pathways, including those involved in moral decision making, adolescence is a one-shot chance of development
by Brandon Bretl
![Black-and-white photo of young children dancing in a studio, with one girl in the foreground, mouth open and hair swinging.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/850da9b1-4d02-4237-8296-f89f59bfb678/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Home
idea
How war destroys the childhood sense-scape we call ‘home’
What we grow up with determines the gestures, textures, spaces, sights, smells, sounds and thoughts we call ‘home’
by Julia F Christensen
![Blurry image of a person sitting at a desk with books and magazines, appearing to be in motion.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6bd2d85e-d1d7-41e5-b5ed-672d293db85d/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
guide
How to empower a teen with ADHD
As they go through the most challenging period of their life, there are ways you can help them not just cope but thrive
by Margaret Sibley
![Illustration of a girl in a blue dress playing the violin, surrounded by colourful abstract shapes and sketchy lines on a beige background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9de89a47-0fd8-44a5-b10e-84703286a824/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Music
film
A playful ode to the minor indignities of childhood music lessons
Directed by Miloš Tomić