‘There was blood. A dash to the hospital. No heartbeat’ – how I survived the stillbirth of my son

My world came crashing down when my baby died. The future my wife and I had been planning for nine months had been snatched away, and for fathers like me there seemed to be no one to turn to

My friend is struggling to assert herself with her family. Should I say something?

It sounds like you’re a loving friend, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, and don’t underestimate how much that is already helping

You be the judge: should my boyfriend stop carrying his huge water bottle everywhere?

Jenny finds the constant presence of ‘the tank’ cringe-inducing, but for health-conscious Jared it’s practical and prudent. Whose argument needs drenching?

After my husband died, I struggled to listen to music – but now I find comfort in the songs he loved

Music was Margaret McNally and her husband’s shared love language. Two years after his death, she’s working through his playlist to keep his spirit alive

‘Upending the genre’: the children’s author rewriting the rules of sex ed

A new trio of books for kids focuses on consent, kindness and curiosity. Author Cory Silverberg explains why we need to rethink talking with young people about sex

10 questions to ask a teenager to start an important conversation

We asked experts in teen mental health how to talk about everything from the environment to screen time with adolescents

Naps, nuts and gentle parenting: everything you need to know about new babies

A quick guide for parents to the latest research and studies on raising infants and looking after toddlers

‘It felt futile’: young Britons swap career-driven lives for family and fun

UK millennials are shunning overtime and excess work stress, and focusing more on loved ones and personal fulfilment

Why do we bathe children before bed, but wash ourselves in the morning?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Experience: I survived rabies

My parents mentioned the bat bite to a paediatrician and his face went white. They were told this was a near-guaranteed death sentence