Today, I want to confess something to you. But first of all, I'm going to ask you a couple of questions. How many people here have children? And how many of you are confident that you know how to bring up your children in exactly the right way? Okay, I don't see too many hands going up on that second one. And that's my confession too. I've got three boys, they're three, nine, and twelve. And like you, and like most parents, the honest truth is I have pretty much no idea what I'm doing. I know I want them to be happy and healthy in their lives, but I don't really know what I'm supposed to do to make sure that they are happy and healthy. I mean, there are so many books out there offering all kinds of conflicting advice, it can be really overwhelming. So, I've spent most of their lives just making it up as I go along. However, something changed for me a few years ago when I came across a little secret that we haven't written. It's helped me become more confident about how I bring up my own children, and it's revealed a lot about how we, as a society, can help all children. I want to share that secret with you today. For the last 70 years, scientists in Britain have been following thousands and thousands of children through their lives as part of an incredible scientific study. There's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world. Collecting information on thousands of children is a really powerful thing to do because it means we can compare the ones who say do well at school, or end up happy or healthy or wealthy as adults, and the ones who struggle much more. And...
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