Parents and parenting
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I’ve been avoiding the question since her death, but some tough love from a friend forces my hand
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Naval officer Keith Paxman beat the young Jeremy regularly and later told him reporting was not a worthwhile career
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Personal Names Committee gives green light to Angelína along with 10 others, but the days of the committee could be numbered
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The science is mounting – giving babies peanuts and eggs cuts allergy risk
Merryn Netting and Katie Allen for the Conversation
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Exhausted parents are increasingly turning to private consultants to help them sleep-train their babies. Is it really worth paying up to £400 a night for?
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Jamie Oliver’s obesity advice? Procreate or just keep mum
Catherine BennettThe food campaigner’s insistence on school-run credentials for Theresa May and anyone else in public life is hard to swallow -
Girls have not always been pink and boys have not always been blue. This week, Jessica Valenti is joined by Peggy Orenstein to discuss how to better raise kids
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All fights with your partner will now be the same fight over and over, and that fight is ‘I do more for the kid(s) than you and you don’t give me any credit’
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Adam Golightly suddenly realises that he is still acting like a married man
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My middle son tested all my parenting abilities, and they were found wanting. Ante-natal classes aren’t stigmatised, so why should parenting classes?
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The digital tool for pocket money enables parents to oversee how it is spent - and the idea has caught on with crowdfunders
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The groundbreaking American childcare manual urged parents to trust themselves, but was also accused of being the source of postwar ‘permissiveness’
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Jessie Thomas says while she would recommend altruistic surrogacy to others, there should be room for some commercialisation of the industry
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After a rigorous headteacher sent 80 pupils home for uniform violations this week, we asked parents, pupils and professionals if the right clothes really make a difference
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Holidays used to be so special with my wife but I needn’t have worried about going to Italy without her
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From going on holiday when you like and writing your own timetable to bringing them back into the school system if and when they are ready
Dad’s desk – a whole life in one piece of furniture