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
Starting a family in 2013
Expenses can vary depending on your circumstances and how much you splash out on 'essential' equipment
When should your children go to bed?
A Sussex headteacher has warned parents to put their kids to bed earlier so they are refreshed for the school day – so how much do children and young people really need?
Breast is best – isn’t it? Debate rages over the effect on mother and child
A leading American critic of research into the health benefits of breast feeding says they are overrated. Now the controversy is set to engage parents in Britain as she puts her arguments in a lecture this week
The narcolepsy family’s house of sleep
Imagine nodding off on your way to the shops, nights plagued by violent dreams, and falling asleep every time you laughed. For the López family of narcolepsy and cataplexy sufferers, this is a way of life. But could their plight be the key to a cure? Giles Tremlett enters their slumbering home
Nearly half of births in England and Wales are to mothers over 30
49% of women are over 30 when their baby arrives, as average age of mothers continues 40-year climb, ONS figures show
Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon – review
Emma Brockes on a moving and thorough examination of parental love and acceptance
Britain’s loneliness epidemic
People in Britain are living longer, and increasingly, spending their last years alone. Now more of us than ever before describe ourselves as lonely. Homa Khaleeli finds out how to beat the loneliness epidemic
What doctors won’t do
From steroids to sleeping tablets, IVF to the flu jab – doctors reveal the treatments they would avoid
Should I let my baby cry itself to sleep?
What is best for your baby: crying itself to sleep, controlled crying or being soothed on demand? Dr Dillner weighs up the evidence