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Childhood

Can architecture help our children learn? A Czech kindergarten puts Montessori principles into practice | Concrete Ideas

Can architecture help our children learn? A Czech kindergarten puts Montessori principles into practice | Concrete Ideas

On the ball: the polka dot toy that entertained a nation

On the ball: the polka dot toy that entertained a nation

Messy, tender, disarming: lockdown with young kids — in photographs

Messy, tender, disarming: lockdown with young kids — in photographs

My father was a quiet man. Revisiting my childhood in photos brought us closer together

My father was a quiet man. Revisiting my childhood in photos brought us closer together

Can you ever truly know your mother? In the novel The Doll, Ismail Kadare thinks you can't

Can you ever truly know your mother? In the novel The Doll, Ismail Kadare thinks you can’t

Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography

Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography

Young Pioneers: the Moscow kids reviving a Soviet youth movement

Young Pioneers: the Moscow kids reviving a Soviet youth movement

Check out this Israeli artist's illustrated memories of Soviet youth

Check out this Israeli artist’s illustrated memories of Soviet youth

Russian Blue Whale suicide challenge founder gets three-year jail sentence

Russian Blue Whale suicide challenge founder gets three-year jail sentence

Russian lawmakers vote to ban pro-suicide social media groups

Russian lawmakers vote to ban pro-suicide social media groups

Russia could soon ban children under 14 from social media

Russia could soon ban children under 14 from social media

Belarusian photographer Alexey Shlyk looks back on an innovative DIY culture

Belarusian photographer Alexey Shlyk looks back on an innovative DIY culture

Welcome to the jungle: Belarusian designer Anne Zabelina finds a magical oasis in Minsk

Welcome to the jungle: Belarusian designer Anne Zabelina finds a magical oasis in Minsk

Museum of War Childhood opens in Sarajevo

Museum of War Childhood opens in Sarajevo

Georgia wins 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Georgia wins 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Moscow residents spooked by positively medieval playground gallows

Moscow residents spooked by positively medieval playground gallows

Croatian designer Nataša Njegovanović takes us to the farmyard

Croatian designer Nataša Njegovanović takes us to the farmyard

Digging deeper: life lessons from an archaeological summer camp

Digging deeper: life lessons from an archaeological summer camp