How to become friends with your dad
Psychology professor Linda Nielsen teaches fathers and daughters how to rebuild their relationships. Here’s her advice
Family & parenting
Family & Parenting is never easy… it feel impossible at times but you’re not alone. Find real stories, expert advice & more, here.
How our mothers shape us into adulthood
In order to establish happy relationships in adult life, we need to untangle the emotional patterns passed down from our mothers
How do you deal with your partner’s children when they’re badly-behaved?
How do you handle bad-tempered or badly behaved children when they’re not your own, asks our family expert Ilona Boniwell, mother to two step-children, her own two teenage sons and a toddler
How do you bring two families together successfully?
Bringing together two families can throw up all sorts of issues and problems you never thought of – but it can be done, as long as you give yourself a break and realise it takes a bit of time, writes Dr Ilona Boniwell
Why are children scared of Santa?
Many children get scared when visiting Father Christmas’s Grotto – but what is it about this jolly figure that frightens them?
Role of a child in the family: which of the four types are you?
Were you considered the responsible child while your younger brother or sister was the rebel or ‘Mummy’s little one’?
The birth order effect
Whether you’re a confident but controlling first-born or a resourceful yet restless middle child, your positioning in the family can affect everything from your choice of career to how successful your marriage is
Mother-daughter relationships: improve your communication
Discover how to nurture your mother-daughter relationships by analysing your conversations with each other and improving your communication.
Accept your family
The key to harmonious family gatherings lies not in changing the way others behave, but in taking a more realistic view of them. By Hélène Fresnel
