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Tim Dowling: having a tortoise reminds you that life is long
My wife got ours when she was eight, and he came to live with us soon after we got married. I don’t remember anything ab...
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Don’t make sugar a treat – or hide the broccoli: top chefs on how to make your kids happy eaters
Tom Kerridge, Helen Goh and other foodies on what they feed their children
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The one change that worked: I told the men in my life I loved them – and my world opened up
At first I felt uncomfortable telling my dad, brother and friends how I felt. But I soon found it liberating, and once I...
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Attention LaMelo Ball: only losers boast about avoiding diaper duty
The basketball star seems proud to leave the job to his partner. That’s so last century
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Why does my crisp packet puff up when I climb up a mountain? The kids’ quiz
Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior braint...
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John Cooper Clarke looks back: ‘Getting older sucks – it’s marginally better than being dead’
The punk poet on his heroin years, dressing like Ronnie Wood, and achieving his boyhood ambition
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Tim Dowling: nobody’s laughing – is the joke on me?
By over-committing to the bit, I’m in danger of becoming the very thing that I mock
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A moment that changed me: My mother fell off a mountain – and my life began again
A bad breakup had made me afraid I would be mired in anger for ever. But on that family hike, in our fear and horror as...
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Healthy Babies programme to be expanded across England
Scheme will follow principles of Sure Start, helping families with infant feeding, mental health and bonding with babies
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Is your kid off to a sleepover? Don’t forget the secret codeword
Sometimes a child needs to say ‘I’m having a horrible time!’ without everyone around them realising, writes Polly Hudson...
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‘Whose job is it to empty the dishwasher?’ Experts on the conversations every couple needs to have
Burnout or breakup are constant dangers when one partner carries too much of the mental load of looking after the home a...
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‘I’d like to explain why I was such a monster back then’: six writers on the apologies they wish they’d made
From making life hell for a young teacher to doubting the motives of a caring foster mother, Olivia Petter, Derek Owusu,...