The Holyrood Baby

MSPs vote overwhelmingly to introduce smacking ban

Scotland becomes the first country in the UK to end the physical punishment of children

Associate feature: Bright future for men in early years

Alison Malcolm, policy officer at the Scottish Funding Council, on tackling the male gender gap in subjects like nursing and childcare

Scottish Child Payment ‘will not bring Scotland close’ to child poverty target

Two thirds of young people believe their generation will be worse off than their parents, report finds

Ministers announce funding for children from low income families over school holidays

Young asylum seekers to access Best Start Grant pregnancy and baby payment

Maree Todd: 'The circumstances you are born into should never limit the person you grow up to be'

The Holyrood baby - a report card on the third year

The Holyrood baby at three - Kirsty in the middle

Cash boost calls after new data reveals rising child poverty across Scotland

Scottish Government launches second stage of Best Start payments

Why the Holyrood Baby needs kindergarten

More than 7,000 low income households receive payments from Social Security Scotland

Associate feature: It's our job to build a country our children and young people deserve

A child's right to be seen - Kirsty in adversity

Highland council ‘working to be aware of ACEs’

Ruth Davidson gives birth to baby boy

The presumption that women are primarily responsible for raising children is everywhere

Baby box placed in Museum of Childhood to ensure it will “have a place preserved in history”

Specific ‘baby talk’ words boost language learning, study suggests

IVF has allowed millions of people to become parents, but infertility treatment is still a lottery

Scottish Government and councils lay out priorities for public health

Community groups encouraged to make public play spaces more accessible

John Swinney: closing the poverty-related attainment gap is this government’s defining mission

Child poverty - the missing link

Keeping mum: MSPs talk about their role as parents