Ten reasons why my childhood wasn’t as good as my daughters’

My kids are at the centre of family life - I was peripheral to my parents' universe. By Tim Lott

Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love by Andrew Solomon – review

Tim Adams is moved by a study of how disability, crime or illness test the limits of parental love

A year-long campaign is calling for good quality lessons on more than just the biology of puberty and reproduction. Lucy Emmerson explains

Zoe Williams: Fear of sexualisation is used by conservatives to traduce liberal values and invade the privacy of teenagers

Emma Brockes on a moving and thorough examination of parental love and acceptance

Labour shadow public health minister will discuss sexualisation of childhood in speech to the Fabian Society women's network

Boris Johnson launches £650,000 programme to provide healthy food to children in capital's most deprived boroughs

Supermarkets and manufacturers told to get 'their house in order' or face laws to curb high levels of sugar and fat in food

Labour targets foods that can be over one-third sugar as OECD report says English children are among fattest in Europe

Ally Fogg: The needless death of another baby boy highlights the urgent need for regulation and clinical control of male circumcision