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Irene Caselli

First 1,000 Days correspondent

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I report on the crucial period in which our brains are built and how it shapes our future.

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Play is an innate characteristic of childhood – and has long-lasting consequences. How do we make sure our kids can play?

Irene Caselli
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Illustration of children climbing up on blocks, on the top a microphone and a small stage, with one kid reaching the top
Jacinda Ardern was mocked for telling kids the Tooth Fairy is an essential worker. But here’s why that’s politics done right
Irene Caselli
5 min 197
Irene Caselli
Photo of children playing outside: we see them from the back, one is looking up with binoculars
Dear parents, stop organising your kids’ playtime
Irene Caselli
8 min 83
Irene Caselli
Screenshot from the series Sex Education showing two boys with their boys in their hands. They have a shocked look on their face and are looking at the camera.
12 things I wish I knew about sex before I started having it
Irene Caselli
7 min 35
Irene Caselli
Hand-drawn headshot avatars of four women smiling, in a collage of pink, green and blue rectangles
Should women even want equality? And three other pressing questions for feminists today
Multiple authors
9 min 76
Do you have questions about raising a child you were always too afraid to ask? Now is your chance!
Irene Caselli
2 min 6
Irene Caselli
Photo of two girls at a demonstration, one with dark hair and one with purple hair, both wearing green bandanas around their neck
The birth of a movement: how activists are winning the battle to make abortion a right
Irene Caselli
16 min 24
Irene Caselli