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A vicar’s wife: ‘There is no one to fight for us’

In a frank and personal account, Anne Atkins says she is not surprised the clergy are asking the Unite union for help

Dear Tanya: I can’t control my daughter

I really feel I am losing the plot with my daughter who 9, going on 15 and acts as if she knows it all. What can I do?

Baby slings are back in style

Carrying little ones on your chest can reduce crying, help fathers to bond with their offspring and now you can use them for toddlers

Why British children are pushed too hard

British children are pushed too hard, too early at school. One writer explains how daughters read less but learnt a lot more in Africa

'Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was my father'

As one of the controversial author’s books is reissued, his son tells what it was like growing up with a literary legend

The stepfamily files: flirty stepdaughter?

How to cope when a stepdaughter appears to be behaving inappropriately

Philips tests ‘Big Brother’ health checks

Device that allows patients with chronic health conditions such as diabetes, to be monitored at home could save NHS millions

A smacked child ‘is a successful child’

Study finds young children smacked by their parents may grow up to be more successful than those who have never been hit

Love and honour, yes – but fidelity, non

A prominent female psychologist has warmed the hearts of French men by shining an unusually sympathetic spotlight on adultery

Sally: my mother is behaving like a child

Happiness has to come from within, otherwise it’s like sticking a plaster over a gaping wound