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Give regular pocket money, encourage maths ability and tell them what you earn. And tell them there’s more to life than hard cash
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Parked outside a bank, Adam Golightly realises his worldview has shifted
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Frieda Hughes is a painter and poet. She is also the daughter of two giants of the literary world, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, and didn’t read her parents’ poetry until her mid-30s
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Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
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Maryam Golding’s three oldest sons – an artist, a soldier and a ballet dancer – are all on the way to the top. Much of that, they say, is due to their parents, who brought them up to be fiercely proud of their mixed race heritage
opinion
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Even the best parents can’t prevent kids from hurting themselves and those around them. So why do we continue to blame them when accidents happen?
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Different generations are sharing homes again. It sounds awful to me, but it’s spawning plenty of good ideas
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Urging obese and abused people to delay conception sends a message that some babies shouldn’t be born
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What happens when your mother discovers emojis?
Dalila-Johari PaulDespite what you may have read, the emoji revolution isn’t limited to millennials. I know at least one 70-year-old who’s handling it just fine -
Inequality is destroying all the markers of adulthood, from home ownership to marriage
Suzanne MooreYoung people are still sold the story of growing up – leaving home, a secure job, a life partner and children. But the failures of capitalism have changed everything -
As the virtual world increasingly dominates children’s play, Lego is the last game in the real world standing – I can live with a bit of militarisation
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Want to save your marriage? Don't have kids
Matthew D JohnsonThirty years of evidence is in, and the results are conclusive: the relationship between spouses suffers once kids come along
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaI’m dating my best friend’s ex and she won’t speak to meA woman feels guilty about her relationship with her friend’s old partner. Mariella Frostrup says she needn’t – and should focus on restoring her friendship
love & sex
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I was sexually abused as a child and now my partner and I are in therapy, which has left me feeling very frustrated
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A woman feels guilty about her relationship with her friend’s old partner. Mariella Frostrup says she needn’t – and should focus on restoring her friendship
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In her teens, strangers flashed her on the subway, teachers asked her for hugs and boys made jokes about her breasts. Should she laugh off a lifetime of objectification – or get angry?
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Modern women, much of the media narrative goes, are screwed when it comes to Catching A Man. Feminism’s all well and good, but you can’t argue with biology
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Zoë, 25, lingerie seamstress, and Stephen, 36, textile designer
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If you do decide to pull up your bootstraps, I can almost guarantee that it won’t always feel good. But you can look forward to a deep sense of connection
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This isn’t the first time he’s lied to me about his behaviour – I also discovered he had been paying for porn
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Myleene Klass: 'There is no such thing as a teenage mum on benefits'