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My teen daughter is refusing a family trip with my partnerA woman is struggling to get her daughter to be more positive about her partner. Mariella Frostrup advises her not to foist a new family on the teenager
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Grit your teeth and struggle through. Is this the key to happy relationships?It helps if you share the same views on politics, and separate bedrooms can keep it fresh, says one therapist -
Iain Duncan Smith thinktank in ‘fatherless society’ warningPlea to support children in poverty as government launches family stability plan -
‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having childrenIt’s tiring, often boring – and can mean a return to more traditional roles. Why some mothers (and fathers) feel they made a mistake
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Why I’m dreading Valentine’s DayThere are several dates that I’m fearing – Helen’s birthday, Mother’s Day – but none more so than 14 February, which just reminds me of our last poignant Valentine’s Day together watching Brief Encounter
opinion
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The Guardian view on marriage: not the only wayEditorial: The law should recognise more than marriage as a way of giving rights to straight couples
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Miriam González Durántez is right to object to being called ‘Mrs Clegg’An invitation to speak on International Women’s Day was sent to the lawyer in her husband’s name. Why is there such a deep anxiety about women retaining their independence?
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Dear Dad, I'll never know why you chose to leave – readers write to their parentsFrom life lessons to braving grief, our readers share thank-you letters to their mum and dad
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The threat that women’s liberation would destroy the nuclear family has been neutered. Matrimony has been repackaged as an experience we all must enjoy
Hen dos are a deeply sad and conservative tradition – like marriage itself -
Protecting the financial rights of unmarried parents will matter not just to women but to the one in three children born to parents who aren’t marriedThank you, Lady Hale, for shifting the supreme court’s view on marriage
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When my mum became a ‘bed blocker’, I saw the crisis in care for older peopleAnyone with an elderly relative in need of medicalised social care should prepare to deal with a shockingly underfunded and uncompassionate system
advice
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Private livesPrivate livesMy nine-year-old step-daughter has become a monster and her mother seems scared of herThe girl is verbally and physically abusive to both of us – and acuses me of being a paedophile. I now dread going home and wonder about moving out
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Dr Dillner’s dilemmasDr Dillner’s dilemmasHow much screen time should I let my teenager have?A new study says that up to six hours a day is perfectly normal, and unlikely to do any harm – as long as your child is doing fine at school and getting enough exercise
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy teen daughter is refusing a family trip with my partnerA woman is struggling to get her daughter to be more positive about her partner. Mariella Frostrup advises her not to foist a new family on the teenager
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Sexual healingSexual healingI've always felt too much guilt to enjoy sex – and now I've got no libido eitherAt last, I’ve met someone I would like to enjoy life with. But, thanks to my Catholic upbringing, I’ve always had problems with sex, and now I’m perimenopausal
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Problem solvedProblem solvedI’ve fallen for a man who has lost his wife but he no longer wants to see meAfter three months together, he suddenly called it off saying that he wasn’t ready to move on. I’m devastated – what should I do? Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Ask AlysAsk AlysAsk Alys Fowler: I want to get rid of concrete slabs and create a gardenOur gardening expert has some excellent advice
love & sex
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How to dump someone on Valentine's Day – or any day – without being a jerkSome analysts say 14 February is a peak moment for breakups – so I asked people about how they would like to be broken up with, for a change
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I've always felt too much guilt to enjoy sex – and now I've got no libido eitherAt last, I’ve met someone I would like to enjoy life with. But, thanks to my Catholic upbringing, I’ve always had problems with sex, and now I’m perimenopausal
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Share the hate, ruin the dateWhen it comes to finding a partner, discovering the things you both love is a far healthier start
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The lost letter that nearly wrecked our relationshipDebora Harding and her husband courted the old-fashioned way – by post. But a crucial letter went missing, and it very nearly ended in disaster
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Blind date: ‘There was some kissing’Emma, 27, social enterprise events coordinator, meets Gervase, 28, civil servant
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I’ve fallen for a man who has lost his wife but he no longer wants to see meAfter three months together, he suddenly called it off saying that he wasn’t ready to move on. I’m devastated – what should I do? Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
How to combine work and motherhood: do them one at a time