A Hong Kong mother seeks advice on helping her daughter stay asleep, having discovered from friends a wide variance in how they handle the issue, from indulgence to hiring a child therapist

Nurturing a lifelong love of reading is more about the quality of books than the quantity

Reading aloud to older children allows them to experience what fluent reading sounds like, and they carry that fluidity into their own reading

Lewis Carroll’s fantastical story launched the children’s literary genre, so it’s fitting it has been celebrated in so many ways during 2015, the 150th anniversary of its first publication.

Age-appropriate original tales will help build children’s literacy skills

High-quality children's picture books are the building blocks to a lifelong love of reading. When I disparage commercial products in book form that are based on cartoon characters, my friends protest, insisting their children love storybook versions of their favourite animated TV series.

Parents make a mistake by giving their children classic books to read when they are too young to deal with the subject matter.

Some parents think reading is for the elite or that their own tastes in reading lack sophistication, but children who see parents enjoying reading are likelier to develop good reading habits.

Authors help children to see a way of life and financial circumstance that is completely different from their own.

Do some parents confuse their own painful feelings with their child's, thinking that the child is in more trouble than he actually is? Boundaries with Kids sets out to answer such questions.

"Play is the most efficient driver of learning for children. This is as true of their cognitive development as their physical and emotional development." These statements introduce a chapter on remembering to play in Teach Your Children Well, by child psychologist Dr Madeline Levine.

My love of reading and all that I've gained from it define me as much as my relationship and life experiences. I am confident that my children will also be shaped by the books in their lives and by the rich reading environment in which they are being raised. 

Children need to talk about the books they read to understand them better.

I recently had coffee with friends who were emigrating to a small town in Australia.

I am an advocate for parent-child reading, so my children are in the habit of bringing books to grown-ups for them to read out loud.

Leonard Marcus is a living encyclopedia of children's literature who shares his knowledge through the many books that he has written, analysing the authors and artists who have created some of the genre's greatest works. He has reviewed children's books for The Washington Post and The New York Times, judged multiple book awards and curated exhibitions.

To me, Easter is all about children's games, arts and crafts. This year's activities included making Easter bonnets, egg decorating, and countless egg hunts.

A power couple in neuroscience, professors Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff were in Hong Kong recently to give a talk on their respective areas of expertise - emotional quotient and intelligence quotient - and the role of each in language acquisition.