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Parents and parenting

28 July 2024

  • Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. (L to R) Meesha Garbett as Hortensia, Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce Bogtrotter in Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Cr. Dan Smith © 2022

    The Séamas O’Reilly column
    My young son has the makings of a marvellous actor…

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Gloved Hand holding a Syringe

    Widely advertised hormone test unreliable as fertility prediction tool for women, researchers say

  • A pregnant Black woman in a birthing pool.

    We must end the racial disparities in maternity outcomes

  • Jonathan Kennedy

    Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes

    Jonathan Kennedy

  • ‘I felt as if my sperm had let me down’: one man’s IVF journey

  • Ask Philippa
    I’m angry that my mum was always so absent. How can I find peace?

27 July 2024

  • Psychologist Dr Tegan Podubinski and her husband Ty, with kids, Ida and Henry

    The childcare desert sucking the life out of Australia’s regional towns

    One in three Australians live in an area where there is just one childcare spot for every three or more children, study finds

26 July 2024

  • Royal Courts of Justice, London.

    Woman loses appeal over child’s birth certificate after ex-wife had sex with donor

  • A middle-aged white women standing on a stage talking to an unseen audience

    Fair Access
    Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment

24 July 2024

  • Pregnant woman crying

    Pregnant women suffer racist and discriminatory abuse at NHS trust, says inquiry head

    Nottingham maternity review finds women were refused interpreters, mocked and treated unkindly

23 July 2024

  • Mother and son playing with lego on carpet in living room

    Sharing the Load
    From inheritance age to a calamity clause: what should I consider when making a will as a parent?

    Lucille Wong
    Thinking about your mortality feels dark, but it may make you feel a little lighter knowing you’ve made things easier for your children
  • Andrea Hipsher with children Levi, 3, and Jonah, 11 months, preparing food in the kitchen

    How Australia’s infant food labelling’s ‘health halo effect’ risks leaving babies under-nourished

    Despite public perception of strict regulation of the quality of food for infants, report finds the reality is very different
  • Nell Frizzell

    Why I’m swapping ‘adult food’ for bland, hedonistic snacks

    Nell Frizzell
    This week I have eaten Pom-Bear crisps, Coco Pops, a Petits Filous yoghurt and an ice lolly in the shape of a rocket. They were all absolutely delicious, writes Nell Frizzell

22 July 2024

  • Bad Newz Press publicity film still

    Bad Newz review – racy Bollywood romcom breaks new ground with parenting shenanigans

    Love triangle caper about a woman who bears twins by two different fathers gives disappointingly more life to its competing men

21 July 2024

  • A baby girl laughing with joy.

    The Séamas O’Reilly column
    My two-year-old daughter has a great sense of humour

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Eva Wiseman

    The Eva Wiseman column
    Are you giving your kids a 90s summer?

    Eva Wiseman

20 July 2024

  • Charlie xcx in hot pants and a T-shirt reading I heart Me

    Weekend
    Is this the Brat girl summer? Marina Hyde predicts a sticky end for Trump-Vance, how to be a Norwegian parent, and Ask Philippa on sibling rivalry – podcast

    Never doubt the instincts of Donald Trump, warns Marina Hyde, who just appointed a ‘never Trump guy’ as his running mate. Let your kids roam free, stay home alone, have fun – and fail – Norwegian style. Charli xcx’s new album, Brat, highlights how many young women now aspire to live – dirty, hedonistic, happy and bra-less. And ‘My brother’s mental illness hovers over my family life’ – Philippa Perry answers a reader.

19 July 2024

  • Children playing in Stavanger, Norway.

    It’s not just Norway where the kids are all right

    Letters: Readers comment on Norwegian parenting and similar attitudes taken by parents elsewhere
  • Invitro fertilisation.

    Price caps could help end IVF postcode lottery

    Letter: There are practicable solutions to restore fertility provision in this country, writes consultant in reproductive medicine Geeta Nargund
  • Polly Toynbee

    Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it

    Polly Toynbee
    On the Aylesbury estate in London this week, I met residents who recall the impact Blair had. This government will go even further, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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