Parenting

There are three steps to encouraging your child – competence, connection and choice, says Ilona Boniwell

Whether you’re the one leaving, or the one left behind, the inevitable separation of parents and children as the latter grow up and move on can be exciting and painful, for both sides. Claire Jagge didn’t leave the city she grew up in until her late twenties, and is struggling with feelings of guilt over leaving her mother behind

Whether you’re the one leaving, or the one left behind, the inevitable separation of parents and children as the latter grow up and move on can be exciting and painful, for both sides. Gilly Smith recently waved goodbye to the first of her two daughters, as she heads off to travel before university…

Tamara Heber-Percy, co-founder of boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith and family-friendly off-shoot SmithandFamily.co.uk, shares her tips for plain-sailing trips with the kids

Here are some tips on how to ensure your relationship stays on track when two become three

Single mother Jenny Hulme goes to Disney World alone with her children, and finds her trip surprisingly less frazzling and more fulfilling than you might think

Whether you’re the one leaving, or the one left behind, the inevitable separation of parents and children as the latter grow up and move on can be exciting and painful, for both sides. Ali Roff left home on a gap year to travel the world alone, aged 19, leaving her family behind for the first time…

How to handle your son, from birth to the teenage years

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a Mother’s Day hit – and not just for the funny Oompa-Loompas and fantastic dance routines. Ali Roff finds that giving and gratitude shine from the storyline like hidden gems…

Bouncing your baby to music can help make for a kinder child. Yes really!