Introduce mental health checks for new mothers, ministers told
Six-week checkup would help the 50% of UK mothers with mental health problems
I am 13 and hate what I see in the mirror
Being what you may think of as thin or pretty doesn’t change how you feel inside, says Annalisa Barbieri
You can smell a new mother’s loneliness. Unless you’re the state
As a new mum, I know loneliness cuts deep – and the lack of services for parent and child plays a large part in this, says the freelance writer Nell Frizzell
’Before, I couldn’t walk 200m’ – why surgery can be life-changing for super-obese children
As many as 90,000 children in England could be considered eligible for bariatric surgery, yet only 18 operations were performed last year. Shouldn’t there be many more?
Meet the tech evangelist who now fears for our mental health
Belinda Parmar was a passionate advocate of the digital revolution – but has started keeping her family’s smartphones and laptops locked away to protect her loved ones. Is she right to be so worried?
Babies’ sleep patterns can be challenging – here’s why you shouldn’t despair
On Baby Sleep Day, here are some insights that might help get you through the long, broken nights
Exercise is more precious than ever. So let’s stop scaring kids off PE
Cutting PE lessons to boost exam results is madness – especially as we now know physical activity aids academic performance, says the sports writer and author Anna Kessel
Discriminating against pregnant women is not just wrong, it’s foolish
Women are still hit by the motherhood penalty at work, with lower wages and stalled careers. If men did more childcare this would change, says Rowan Davies, head of policy at Mumsnet
Maude Julien: ‘How I escaped from my father’s cult’
Maude Julien’s father tried to turn her into a ‘superhuman’ through a series of cruel experiments. Now aged 60, she recalls how she survived
Wales bans intimate piercings for under-18s over health fears
Law forbids practitioners from working on areas including tongue, breast and genitals