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Brief letters: Pub pricing | Cuddly toys | Eye-level grills | Dirty road signs | Driverless cars
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The hair, the dress, the photos: Japan’s solo weddings offer the complete package – almost. Naomi Harris books a big day for one
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The shirt also acts as a baggy cotton dress and is invaluable for post-coital bathroom visits
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But this great expanse of baby-free time needs filling – so will it be booze or TV?
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Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
teenage special
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Having hardcore punk musicians for parents has been a noisy delight for Holly MacHenry – and an education
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We asked young readers, aged 13-18, to share their experience of growing up with parents and siblings. Funny, moving, revealing – here are some of the replies
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A guide for adults who don’t want to shame teenage family members in front of their friends, or make themselves look stupid
opinion
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'I just wanna be a good dad': is this the best we can do on fatherhood?
Matthew Beard for The Ethics CentreAs the birth of my son draws closer, I feel the need to come to grips with my masculinity and how that affects what kind of father I want to be -
Yes, it’s supposed to be about setting up a home. But if you ask for a silver punch bowl and end up with a mug tree, tough
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Women are still absent from their children’s marriage certificates. The prime minister promised to redress this injustice two years ago. Why are we still waiting?
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Saying goodbye to your mother is a pain we all must face. That doesn’t make it any easier to do
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'I cried at night when I realised I had an older dad': readers on pensioner parents
Guardian readers and Sarah MarshThe number of teenagers with fathers collecting their pensions is set to rise. We asked readers about having older parents or having children later in life -
Gordon Ramsay paying his son to spy on his daughter is not funny
Rhiannon Lucy CosslettThe celebrity chef’s behaviour is suggestive of an unhealthy level of vigilance and suspicion. This cliche of the overprotective father has no place in 2016 -
Editorial: Plunging birthrates may reflect rational individual decisions in an ageing society. But they pose serious collective dilemmas
advice
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Ask Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis Morissette: should I protect my son from my husband?There are times when your son’s wellbeing is more important than a united front
love & sex
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Now you can crowdsource the funniest possible responses to messages you’ve received. It’s basically Cyrano de Bergerapp
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Now that we’re married, I won’t talk dirty, and my husband has a low sex drive. Was it it the illicit conversation that really turned him on?
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A woman who inherited her father’s house wonders how to share running costs with her man. Mariella Frostrup says it’s about maintaining a sense of equality
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Time to be grown up about female desire
LS HiltonForeign critics focus on more interesting themes, but the Brits are still obsessed by sex -
The website, recently endorsed by Emma Watson, aims to “demystify” female pleasure via touch-screen tutorials, down-to-earth demonstrations and frank discussions of female sexual pleasure
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There are times when your son’s wellbeing is more important than a united front
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Home front: five into one does go