Parents and parenting
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I cleverly rationalised enrolling my children into the ritziest preschool. But then came the prospect of an outrageous billForget being a tiger mother. It’s too expensive
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Did you breastfeed your child for the first six months?Public Health England recommends exclusive breastfeeding for a baby’s first six months, but most women stop after two. Tell us about your experiences
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Are you being replaced? How to deal with maternity discriminationLove it or loathe it, BBC drama The Replacement addressed the job insecurity many women on maternity leave face, here’s how to cope if you feel forced out
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Less than half of women breastfeed after two months, survey findsPoll for Public Health England reveals many feel embarrassed to feed their babies in front of strangers and family members
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Call to give fathers allocated leave to improve uptakeParliamentary committee hears paternity leave has woeful take-up rate because many fathers fear damaging their careers
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Drug scandals and the media – the unresolved case of PrimodosPrimodos: The Secret Drug Scandal, airs on Sky this week. Will this media intervention repeat history by helping campaigners get compensation?
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Pregnant women without legal status 'too afraid to seek NHS care'Growing number of women who fear being reported to Home Office or being hit with high bills are avoiding NHS, charities say
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Pregnancy test's alleged link to birth defects to be reviewed by UK regulatorWatchdog to examine new files found by campaigners while Primodos maker Bayer denies it caused abnormalities
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‘I want my late husband’s children’: the fight for posthumous conceptionThree widows have been brought together through their battle for the right to have their partners’ children. But should it be a decision for the courts?
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On our first date, Monica the vulture pokes her beak hard into Helen’s history
Widower of the Parish On our first date, Monica the vulture pokes her beak hard into Helen’s history
If dating profiles are like Philip Pullman’s dæmons, I am coming to realise that mine is still only half-formed -
Seven ways to teach your kids about moneyFrom saving up pocket money when they are young to the heady day they receive a student loan, it is important that they have a grasp of finance
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Laurie Frankel: We adopted by choice not necessityWhen Laurie Frankel and her husband decided to have a child, they also decided to adopt – out of choice for, as far as they know, she is perfectly capable of having a child. It’s a decision she wishes more people would make
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The ‘rape rule’ for tax credits tramples the rights of children it’s meant to protectIt beggars belief that a government that claims to take sex crime seriously would rush through legislation with so much potential for harmful consequences
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Shaun Keaveny: ‘I was like one of those Italian sons who don’t have to lift a finger’The radio presenter on his parents, who did everything for him, being horrid to his little brother, and why his sons don’t think he’s Dr Fun
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How to survive gaslighting: when manipulation erases your realityAriel Leve offers strategies to stay resilient in the face of psychological abuse that distorts the truth – much like what’s coming from Trump’s administration
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School admissions: is a lottery a fairer system?Brighton pioneered ‘random allocation’ of school places to increase fairness and social mobility. Ten years on, what has been the effect on families … and house prices?
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Parenthood can help you live longer in older age, research suggestsLife expectancy of men and women aged between 60 and 100 and having children better than those with no children, study finds
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The hot takes about the latest OECD report about Australia’s female participation in the workforce got it wrong about the barriers to workStay-at-home mothers a drain on the economy? Actually, the problem might lie with men
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My husband died after I left. Now my daughter hates meIt’s common for a grieving child to deify a parent who dies and blame the surviving parent, says Mariella
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‘All my friends had some nightmare experience trying to get pregnant. My story took the cake’At five months pregnant, Ariel Levy lost her baby. After four more years of IVF, had she left motherhood too late?
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Life after a sex cult: 'If I’m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?'Michael Young grew up immersed in the Children of God church, which was labelled as a sect by the FBI and dogged by child abuse allegations
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What’s the best way to teach my daughter to drive?I could try to teach her myself or simply rely on an instructor – and how many lessons should I book?
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In my version of the mother-in-law joke, the punchline is our happiness togetherI worried that the death of our loved-one-in-common would kill the bond between us – so with trepidation I sat my in-laws down to share heartfelt truths
Tim Lott's Family column Mamma Mia! It’s hard to praise mothers everywhere and not insult anyone