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Families shouldn’t be ashamed of anger – it’s normalThe English horror of expressing anger is misguided and perhaps other than losing one’s temper in front of children, we shouldn’t feel bad about it
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Brix Smith Start: ‘I ended up with these controlling men … they suck the life out of you’The musician and ex-Fall member talks about her LA childhood, why she chose not to have children and being a muse -
Top five: surviving long journeys with kids – in picturesHolidays are great – if you survive the long car/plane/train journey to get there. There are only so many times you can answer the question ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ without going nuclear. Here are five toys to provide the odd moment of peace and quiet -
The #CheeriosChallenge message to dads: you can still be an idiot after fatherhoodThe viral meme in which parents balance cereal on the cheeks and foreheads of their snoozing babies is meditative, heartwarming – and reassuring
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A trip never taken: a mission to find my mother brought me closer to my fatherMy dad and I have always been very close. But one thing we never came close to discussing: the life – and death – of my mum
opinion
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The Child Maintenance Service, which is replacing the CSA, isn’t working, with far too many fathers abdicating their responsibilities. And yet there is no outcryWhy the silence on the scandal of unpaid child maintenance?
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Please, can we stop telling women when to have babies?They don’t need to be shamed into hurrying up by experts like Gillian Lockwood. And being part of the ‘sandwich generation’ isn’t that bad – I know
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Apparently progressive legislation is being undercut by slashed budgets, pitting councils against parents – and opening up a market for opportunistic lawyersChildren with disabilities need more educational support, not mockery
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'I'm gonna die' is a text no mother wants to receive. Mine always feared she wouldEvery time the phone rang late at night, every time a police car went too slowly past the house, I know my mother worried for me, her gay son
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My OCD reared its ugly head when I tried to come off medication to start a familyTrying to keep my unborn child from possible harm made me very ill. I learned the hard way that I don’t have a choice, but I accept that now
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Fern Britton is wrong. The key to a healthy relationship that benefits the children is how disagreements are handled, not whether they existWhy arguing in front of the kids isn’t good for them – or you
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy ex-wife is angry that I’m happy with my new partnerA twice-divorced man wants his children and partner to be together at family occasions. Mariella Frostrup says a harmoniously blended family is something that needs to be worked at
love & sex
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I have fetishes for feet and tickling but my girlfriend won’t play alongWhile my partner hasn’t rejected me, she feels feet are inherently unhygienic and won’t let me worship her as I would like. Are there any ways I can change her mind?
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My ex-wife is angry that I’m happy with my new partnerA twice-divorced man wants his children and partner to be together at family occasions. Mariella Frostrup says a harmoniously blended family is something that needs to be worked at
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Blind date: I was hoping to find ‘the one’Aidan, 23, primary school teacher and Padraig, 27, journalist
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Our baby was due in six months. Then my girlfriend said she'd met another manAfter 11 years together he was looking forward to parenthood with the woman he loved. So he was shocked to the core when she told him there was someone else. Was the baby even his?
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Don’t laugh at May Ashworth and her old-fashioned, formal usage of Google, nor anyone who marries a rock or apologises to a kicked chair. It’s all perfectly rationalSaying please and thank you to objects is nothing to be embarrassed about
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Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesAm I going to be single for ever? You asked Google – here’s the answer
I’m in my late 20s, living back at home and feel like a failure