THIS is goodbye. Family Matters is ending. It’s been an important column for me to write as I often feel families get too little voice in today’s society.Read
THIS holiday my little boy had chickenpox. It was meant to be a nice restful holiday, but Otis had it so badly my auntie, a GP of many years standing, said it was “at least as bad as the worst case I’ve ever seen”.Read
HOW much stress should you expose your children to? Taking my son away on yet another outing, this time to relatives in Sweden, my mother-in-law made comments to the effect of “children like routine”.Read
I FEEL like a bad mum. I went away this weekend and Otis ate a significant amount of rubbish including pizza, sausages, crisps, a cookie, breakfast cereal and two fudges.Read
FINALLY there has been some headway into giving fathers better paternity rights. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s announcement on Monday, that men are to be able to get up to six months’ paternity leave, is a great move forward for parents.Read
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