Life

Education: “My son is hardly having any lessons”

According to reports in the press last week, hardly any children in this country now achieve the minimum standard in
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Help! Does anyone in this family actually see me anymore?

“I’m invisible to my family,” says Vanessa. There’s no time for family life, and her relationship isn’t happy either…
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Focused rather than fidgety: what really helps when your child can’t sit still

“Why can’t you just concentrate for once?” We’ve all heard that phrase. If your child is more fidgety than focused,
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Nutrition education: How we can give children a good guide to healthy eating

Julia sees good nutrition education as an integral part of care work. How she manages to instil a love of
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Mental health issues: And suddenly all your friends have gone…

Sonja developed a mental health condition in 2019, and little by little her circle of friends simply fell away. We
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Less chaos, more structure: the little rituals that help us get through the day with ADHD

“For a long time, I thought what I needed most were better methods and smarter strategies for managing daily life
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Anorexic! Our 15-year-old daughter is now in hospital

When your own child develops anorexia, it is incredibly difficult for parents to cope with. Our reader’s 15-year-old daughter is
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Mindful Whining for Mums: Between Sighs of Relief and Tunnel Vision

Do you ever wonder how we, as mums, can break out of the cycle of complaining? Daniela Nagel addresses precisely
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Selective mutism: What lies behind our child’s silence

A child who doesn’t speak in public is often quickly labelled as stubborn or shy, but it could actually be
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A Breast Cancer Diagnosis: My Family, the Cancer and Me

“You try to do everything you can to stay alive, and then in the evening you’re filing papers or scanning
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