We like to think that having children will bring us joy and a sense of wellbeing, but a growing body of research suggests that isn’t so. So when it comes to parenting, where have we gone wrong? Emily L Baker looks at the evidence
When your children grow up and move out, you can lose your sense of identity. Don’t let yourself go, says Anna Moore
Louise Chunn believes that parents do f*** up the next generation, but not in the way we used to think
It’s not money, or even the in-laws. Kate Burt reveals the surprising issue that’s most likely to cause divorce among working couples, and asks if it’s time women learned to share
Give your children the tools to manage their own emotions, says clinical psychologist Dr Stephen Briers, and you’ll prime them to become confident, well-adjusted adults
Birth-order parenting expert, Michael Grose, tells us about the preventative measures and pitfalls of parenting according to birth order
As the ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ philosophy grows ever more popular with the parenting experts, are we in danger of dampening our children’s curiosity and need to challenge authority?
Our mother influences our emotions, but also provides us with a unique beauty inheritance. Justine Knight speaks to three pairs of mothers and daughters to discover their shared rituals
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