My only sister has cancer so I’m fighting it too
The role of brothers and sisters is often forgotten when a sibling is seriously ill. Shelley Silas has one sister, Leah, who has been living with cancer for three years
A letter to … our son’s tonsils
The letter you always wanted to write
IVF: The uncomfortable truth
Fertility expert Dr Gedis Grudzinskas is famously blunt with his patients. He is also highly sceptical about the industry that has grown up around making babies and believes we put too much faith in medical solutions
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