We’re keen to hear how parents and pupils over 18 feel about their school and teachers, and whether their attitude towards school has changed UK teachers have repeatedly raised concerns about deteriorating behaviour in schools in recent...
My husband and I used to be well-matched in our sex drive, but after the birth of my second child my body does not feel like my own I have recently had my second child, who is now 14 weeks old. Since then I have had absolutely no...
School leaders describe culture of non-compliance since lockdowns, with pupils wandering corridors but skipping lessons Headteachers in England have described a culture of non-compliance among pupils, as talks were held to try to avert...
The researchers studied decisions that more than 150 children ages 10 to 13 made while playing games that offered opportunities to risk a little and explore for potential gains.
Whether infants at five months of age look mostly at faces or non-social objects such as cars or mobile phones is largely determined by genes. The findings suggest that there is a biological basis for how infants create their unique...
Andrea Dow thinks the bond with school needed to be broken and Dan Thompson says schools must acknowledge what’s happened to rebuild trust. Plus a letter from psychologist Dr Helen Care A Department for Education adviser on behaviour...
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There’s a stigma around struggling adolescents. Some women quit their jobs to look after them – but it’s not about poor parenting, it’s just life One of the big parenting secrets is out: teenagers can be just as difficult as babies and...
RIP? MOT? My son wants definitions and I provide them – sometimes accurately ‘What does rip mean,’ my son asked his mum. ‘It means to tear or cut,’ she answered, offhandedly. She’s more literal than I am, so she couldn’t see the...
Number of children learning at home has doubled since the pandemic – with parents saying the mainstream education system isn’t working Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast When Gemma Troughton’s...
Baby Dior isn’t the only brand marketing products to newborns – including a $210 box of ‘essentials’ and $70 moisturizer The concept of “baby-soft skin” – a naturally plump, dewy and glowing face – has been the beauty industry’s gold...
Education experts agree with Ofsted chief that many parents now disregard rules previously taken for granted Lockdown “broke the spell” that bound parents and schools together, according to school leaders and experts who have endorsed...
A new piece of research looks at the challenges faced by adopted people when they become parents. The study investigated the lived experiences of adopted people in the UK as they become parents. Until now research in this area has been...
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Wayne is a fixture on the banger racing circuit. Now his son Jai-Dee is nearly 13, his debut race is finally in view. Wayne, a double amputee, is preparing him mentally for the goal ahead and Jai-Dee is feeling increasing pressure to...
Wayne is a fixture on the banger racing circuit. Now his son Jai-Dee is nearly 13, his debut race is finally in view. Wayne, a double amputee, is preparing him mentally for the goal ahead and Jai-Dee is feeling increasing pressure to...
She turned to film after an injury and has now made her heartbreaking debut – about a woman fighting to get her kids out of foster care and keep her unborn child. So what is the young powerhouse going to conquer next? There is...
Now, a law change to remove anonymity from donors at birth raises complex questions for donor families like mine I’ve always known I was donor-conceived. As an adult, it is something I take joy in – knowing the unique way I came to be...
Ministers hope to eventually cut break to four weeks but a teaching union says there is no evidence it will help schools Wales is making the latest attempt to detach school holidays from the agricultural needs and religious events that...
She won an award for the play Expensive Shit. Now Adura Onashile has made Girl, her debut film about a mother and daughter facing violence and racism in Glasgow. How autobiographical is it? Adura Onashile encountered so much racism when...
At 43, Claire Mulcahy realised she could no longer afford to live alone. Living with her mother was not the life trajectory she expected but it has come with its own opportunities Nobody expects to move back in with their parents in...
An exhibition on women’s activism drove home how much more involved dads are now, and that we have 1970s feminists to thank ‘Say what you want about millennials, but this is a generation of hands-on dads.” If you’re a parent on...
I’m scared of picking the wrong path. But we owe it to our future selves to truly consider what’s behind the question I’m about to meet a friend for lunch when an ad catches my eye. It features a woman about my age, wearing a blazer and,...
No one squabbles as hard, as long and as often as brothers and sisters – over toys, clothes, music, who is most loved, who has the best life … But there are ways to detoxify almost any relationship The other day I was casually...