Pupil excluded from primary school for flouting healthy eating policy

Six-year-old boy's parents called to a meeting after bag of Mini Cheddars was discovered in packed lunch

My 60-year-old father thinks he’s indestructible – even after a recent bike accident

He refuses to wear a helmet when skiing and doesn't appreciate the emotional strain he puts our family under. How can I talk to him without making him defensive?

My children became my greatest teachers

Childhood trauma left Roman Krznaric emotionally withdrawn. Since then, he has tried to repair the damage and his own children have taught him how to step into someone else's shoes

Intensive care: life with a seriously ill baby

For babies born ill or very early, the first few weeks in intensive care can be gruelling. How do they (and their parents) get through it? Louise Tickle and photographer Colin McPherson follow the journey of one baby born with a serious heart defect

Women who postpone having babies may stay childless, warns medical chief

Prof Dame Sally Davies says couples must face the fact that women's fertility declines with age

False positive pregnancy tests: for sale on the internet

Lucy Mangan: Fancy a slice of revenge? Or just some fun pranking friends? Either way, now for less than a tenner your worst impulses can be indulged

‘Ageing is a mixture of gains and losses’: why we shouldn’t fear getting old

Today the rich, multi-faceted experience of getting older has been pathologised and reduced to shame about looking old. But it doesn't have to be this way, says Anne Karpf

I feel out-of-character optimism about the year ahead

I can do a 'spot-the-difference' exercise along the annual timeline and things with R have definitely improved

Parents ‘face too much guilt over breastfeeding and work’

Liberal Democrat equalities minister Jo Swinson advises parents to do what feels right and stop worrying about official guidance

Eating nuts during pregnancy is safe, new research suggests

Study of more than 8,000 children in the US casts doubt on advice to pregnant women to avoid eating nuts