Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts
Leading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling families
My parents and in-laws are making inappropriate comments about my baby. Should I let them go?
You are allowed to have rules about how you and your child are treated, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but enforcing them will feel awful
‘It’s extortionate’: a mother’s struggle to afford rising price of baby formula
Lone parent Rebecca Anderson feels women in UK who do not breastfeed are being penalised after 25% price rise
My grandmother’s support – and Creole cooking – helped me to love myself when I didn’t know how
When I felt lonely growing up, my grandmother’s company and cuisine were a soothing balm
‘Upending the genre’: the children’s author rewriting the rules of sex ed
A new trio of books for kids focuses on consent, kindness and curiosity. Author Cory Silverberg explains why we need to rethink talking with young people about sex
Naps, nuts and gentle parenting: everything you need to know about new babies
A quick guide for parents to the latest research and studies on raising infants and looking after toddlers
More than 1 million children in UK sleep on floor or share bed, study finds
Barnardo’s says the rise in ‘bed poverty’ reflects growing levels of destitution following soaring food or gas bills
Readers reply: why do we bathe children before bed, but wash ourselves in the morning?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Why do we bathe children before bed, but wash ourselves in the morning?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
The big idea: are memories fact or fiction?
Truth and illusion are woven together as we tell ourselves into being