Our son has a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder. Help us find a cure
Hyper IgM keeps Idan’s three-year-old immune system from working, but we hope that finding other sufferers will generate momentum to save him
My 16-year-old daughter is convinced she needs a sex change
She has low self-esteem and mental health problems – I think this is yet another form of self-harming. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
I’m 29: should I freeze my eggs?
Moya Sarner and her boyfriend both know they want children - just not yet. Should she join the growing number of women in their 20s considering egg freezing?
A letter to … my mother, who is ‘locked in’ after a second stroke
The letter you always wanted to write
Help! My child is taller than me
Anna Moore talks to families in which the children have outgrown their parents
Kathy Lette: I joked about not wanting to be pregnant – then I had a miscarriage
At home after a scan that revealed she had lost her third baby, the Australian-born author was overcome by unexpected emotion
With miscarriage, there are many routes to shame
Mark Zuckerberg is right to challenge the taboos surrounding pregnancy. But the pressure on women remains intense
‘I was cross that my child had to beg the prime minister for a drug’
Sue Barnley’s son has a rare fatal disease. Her family is having an increasingly bitter fight to get funding for his treatment
Crowdbirthing: do young mums really like to push in public?
According to a survey, twentysomethings’ appetite for sharing every aspect of their lives has made it on to the labour ward, with eight family members and friends in attendance at each birth
Why do babies cry? You asked Google – here’s the answer
Every day, millions of internet users ask Google some of life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries