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Being smacked was considered normal discipline by many parents in previous generations. But for some adults, the memories can still evoke anger, fear or sadness decades later. Therapists explain why experiences from childhood can continue to affect us – and our relationships with our parents – in later life.
When children leave home for university, the sudden loss of family routines can expose long-hidden ADHD traits in fathers — from procrastination and time blindness to restlessness and emotional sensitivity
Jurors deciding whether a mother who killed her three young children was criminally responsible have failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Now, after four days of deliberations, they have been told to keep trying.
Keep revisiting the same old arguments? Here’s why conflicts get stuck on repeat – according to a family psychotherapist.
Psychologist Dr Emma Kavanagh explains how parents with strong controlling or antagonistic traits can influence a child’s sense of reality, self-trust and identity — and why understanding these patterns can help adults make sense of their past. The relationship between a parent and child shapes some of our earliest beliefs about love, trust and who […]
Is becoming a mother incompatible with having a good sex life? We spoke to Sarah Forbes, author of Mama Sex: How a Perfect Storm Created a Revolution, about the challenges mothers face when it comes to keeping intimacy alive. Words: Amy Mica Marsden. Images: Shutterstock It’s a refrain heard time and time again throughout history: […]
Whether you’re arguing about politics, parenting or money, conflict doesn’t have to end in disconnection. After decades mediating everyone from couples in crisis to parties in international conflict, Gabrielle Rifkind shares seven practical ways to have difficult conversations without making them worse. Most of us don’t struggle to agree. We struggle to disagree. Whether the […]
Parenting a child with ADHD or other special educational needs is often a journey filled with self-doubt and isolation. But Olivia Kessel and her daughter’s story shows how understanding the reality of your situation can lead to powerful transformation. “I just wanted her to get dressed without a meltdown,” Dr Olivia Kessel reflects, looking back […]
When life gets busy, relationships can quietly slip away. Yasmina Floyer explores why it happens and shares expert-backed advice on reconnecting with the people who matter most. Words: Yasmina Floyer. Images: Shutterstock After the festive season, many of us find ourselves reflecting on relationships that felt stretched or strained over Christmas — the family tensions, […]
From always putting others first to never quite feeling included, the role you play in your friendships may have been shaped decades before you even met your closest friends. We tend to think of friendships as something we choose freely as adults. We meet people, we connect, and we decide who feels right for us. […]
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