Advice for coping with toddler tantrums

Terri Apter explains how to cope with toddler rage

The born identity

Does birth order play a part in who we are? Sarah Wilson looks at the evidence ...

Parent and teenager conflict

Terri Apter on how to minimise family strife

On the frontline

Lambeth, south London, still has highest teenage pregnancy rates in Britain, but strategies are working

‘My advice? Just don’t get pregnant’

Young mums talk about pregnancy, sex education and the realities of bringing up a baby

Underage pregnancy up for first time in seven years

Government insists teenage pregnancy programme still on course, despite rise in latest figures

‘It’s a lack of good sex education’

Personal experience helps Genevieve Hart advise younger teenagers on pitfalls of getting pregnant

‘There’s no formula for survival’

Jo Baker-Watson can imagine how the Camerons must be feeling today: her daughter Megan, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy, died eight years ago

Children should be allowed to be sad

Lisa Miller and Margaret Rustin: We expect the young to be happy while subjecting them to our concerns. No wonder they are so anxious

My sister is fat but won’t go on a diet

Private lives: My 23-year-old sister is seriously overweight. How should I tell her that she will be happier if she eats less and exercises more?