When’s the best time to have a baby?
More women than ever are giving birth in their 40s. Lucy Atkins had hers in her 30s. But what about her contemporaries?
Is veganism safe for kids?
A cruelty-free diet may be healthy for adults, but parents should be aware of the risks for their children
Oat cuisine – the healthy option
Amanda Grant offers five healthy after-school treats for hungry kids
Crunch time for snack-crazy kids
After the fuss over Kellogg's Coco Pops, how should parents steer their children away from sugary snacks, asks Jon Henley
Great Ormond Street – a hospital of life or death decisions
Surgeons talk about the heartbreak of having to decide whether to operate on children who have run out of options
Girls, ignore adults who wish you to be less than you are
Eve Ensler: So many women I saw at The Vagina Monologues were trying to overcome what was muted in them when they were young
‘I gave my sister a kidney. I don’t know if I’ll ever do a better thing’
This week saw the first three-way kidney transplant, in which living donors gave to a stranger in return for an organ for a loved one. Peter Martin, who donated a kidney to his sister, describes how it feels
Writing a way through grief
Mark Lawson: Books on bereavement are a rare mix of personal and universal – cathartic for both reader and writer
I was a ‘good anorexic’
At 14, Constance Barter was running 25km and swimming 6km every week. But it was only to mask the fact that she was starving herself. Anorexia nearly killed her but, three years on and healthy, she talks about her experience
How I got caught in the single trap
A year after a painful break-up, Hannah Booth finds out if a relationship counsellor can detect a pattern in her past partners … and what predictions he has for the future