Parents and parenting
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NCT survey finds 10% of new mothers are also too embarrassed to discuss bonding problems with health professionals
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If you don’t know me enough to hear all about my life, you don’t know me enough to ask if I really am a mother to my children
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Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewart, Chris Martin and Shaun Ryder feature in this collection of tales of fathers … stories of love, neglect, violence and hero worship
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He finds some people expect him to behave a certain way, as if there’s a script of behaviours suitable for the recently bereaved husband
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Crime novelist Linwood Barclay grew up at his parents’ caravan park. At 17, he became the head of his dysfunctional family when his father died and had to run the place
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The missing boy’s mum and dad got it badly wrong, but they have shown just how easily a child’s tantrum can escalate into a crisis
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A British man and his Salvadoran wife whose baby was swapped in hospital have been able to bring their son back home – more than a year after he was born
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Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas return to Texas with little Moses more than a year after hospital mix-up
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The truth about being a single parent in Britain today? Perhaps not, but Klass has the good grace to realise she’s in a privileged position
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Miscarriage and still birth remain taboo subjects – and that means few of us know what to say when they happen
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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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The multitasking celebrity isn’t afraid to tackle issues from kids’ birthday presents to the mansion tax. Now she’s presenting an ITV documentary about the raw treatment of single mothers
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The Springwatch presenter’s revelation may seem a tad unpalatable, but he is sending an important message to parents about children’s encounters with nature
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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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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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I’ve had therapy to explore the abuse and anger issues in our family and want to reconnect with him. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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When I die, they will inherit a lot of clutter unless I take a deep breath and get rid of it first
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Even in a difficult financial environment, there are simple, inexpensive ways smaller charities with limited resources can support maternity leave and new parents
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Nearly a third of all Americans between age 18 and 34 currently live with parents – we want to hear about your experiences: the good, bad and expensive
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Staff and parents at the Teesside primary school ‘shocked’ to see Syrian new arrivals given tea at council building on its grounds
After 30 years of Childline, children in trouble still need a friendly ear