How to help your teenagers revise for exams

From avoiding threats and promises to fostering good sleeping habits and banning screens at bedtime

Are you worried about your fertility? Young people share their stories

Rising house prices and financial instability are putting young people off starting families. But some fear they might be leaving it too late

Couples are healthier, wealthier… and less trim

Research consistently shows that marriage and long-term relationships are good for your physical, mental and financial health

Posh and pregnant: five-star childbirth at the Portland

The Portland is the UK’s most exclusive private maternity hospital, but can all that candlelit fakery really distract from the blood and pain, asks Eva Wiseman

Hadley Freeman: if the cavemen did it or ate it, it’s got to be good for you. Right?

Special praise is heaped on bone broth, presumably because the emphasis on ‘bone’ makes it sound a bit caveman-y

Are you worried about your fertility?

Doctors warn that people, particularly men in their 30s, are jeopardising their chances of having a family by leaving it too late. Share your views on this

I don’t want a baby but like the idea of having an adult child

Can I have one with a surrogate, get a nanny and my partner to bring the child up and play the role of the ‘traditional man’ until it is older?

Tim Dowling: from egg-rolling to eye-rolling

As we climb to the top of a hill in a gale force wind, I suffer a sudden resurgence of the vertigo that has plagued me for a fortnight

Being open with your family can be a tricky business

Everyone from psychotherapists to chatshow hosts think talking things over solves everything. I’m not so sure

All British women have the right to a caesarean – they’re not ‘too posh to push’

Maternity figures have again prompted stigmatising comment. The rules are clear, and British mothers must defend their hard-won freedom to choose