Evidence from CNC has shown that a child’s home environment during their early years has a lasting impact on their cognitive, social and emotional development.

People of your generation who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) were at the greatest risk of experiencing depression, anxiety, loneliness and lower life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evidence from CNC has shown that eliminating sexual violence, such as sexual assault and harassment, could reduce serious mental health problems among teenagers.

Information from CNC has helped to show that Gen Z was more likely to experience high levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness in the first Covid-19 lockdown, compared to older adults.

Mental health problems like anxiety and depression were more common among younger generations before the COVID-19 outbreak — but the gap between young and old became even wider during the pandemic, according to new findings from CNC and four other cohort studies

We at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies join in the sadness felt among the UCL community at the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Every time you take part in Child of the New Century, you make a valuable contribution to science. As we start to plan the next big survey in 2023, we’d like to get your feedback on what it’s like being part of the study.

National primary school tests that school children in England take in Year 6, do not appear to affect their happiness or wellbeing, according to findings from Child of the New Century.

Information CNC participants have shared with the study is helping researchers understand the factors that have made people more vulnerable to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers welcomed Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge to UCL this week, and discussed the invaluable contribution longitudinal cohort studies like Child of the New Century have made to our understanding of early child development and the factors that shape our lives.