If you cheer breastfeeding women and jeer bottle-feeders, you’re the problem

Jessica Valenti: By judging mothers’ choices, we reinforce the idea that women can’t be trusted to decide what’s right for their bodies

What are growing pains and should I worry about them?

Reports have suggested that growing pains could lead to osteoarthritis. So should children who experience them have blood tests and MRI scans? Luisa Dillner reports

Finding inner peace in a green space

There is such a thing as on-the-move meditation and my local park is the perfect place to do it

My thalidomide family: Every time I went home I was a stranger

Louise Medus was one of the last babies born with the effects of the drug thalidomide. Brought up in a residential home from infancy, She’s had to fight to overcome her tough start in life and build a family life of her own

Criminalising pregnant women who drink is a ploy to restrict their freedom

Rebecca Schiller: If the UK apes the US and punishes pregnant women, we will be heading towards a dystopia akin to that in The Handmaid’s Tale

Alcohol abuse in pregnancy could become a crime, legal papers claim

Advice groups bid to combat ruling they believe could undermine pregnant women's freedom to make decisions for themselves

Why I don’t like hugs and what it says about me

I used to think that getting naked with a man meant being close to someone

I hear his voice on the phone and know my husband is drinking again

R went away with friends and got drunk, but I don't feel angry

Women are second-class citizens when pregnancy makes us potential criminals

Jessica Valenti: A world in which all women of child-bearing age are considered 'pre-pregnant' is the stuff of nightmares

Does reading make your kids short-sighted?

Luisa Dillner: Reading and writing may play more of a part than we thought in the onset of short-sightedness. How can you manage the risk?