Tag:Family
Childcare
Parents are anxious, lonely, overwhelmingly stressed – and their crisis affects everyone | Emma Beddington
It is the kind of statistic that makes you do a double-take, because it can’t be right. It is, though: 41% of US parents...
Family
Tim Dowling: all the new puppy wants to do is eat and pee – anytime, anywhere
Thanks to a strict system of positive reinforcement, the little dog has learned that it’s good to pee outside. Unfortunately it still has no idea...
Breastfeeding
Painful memories of the struggle to breastfeed | Letters
Reading Niamh Campbell’s article on breastfeeding brought back painful memories for me (‘Like a cheese grater raking across my nipple’: why I kept trying...
Blindness and visual impairment
A moment that changed me: losing my sight was devastating – until my brother pranked me with a spider
In 2008, I was going through one of the most difficult periods of my life. I had been working as a waitress in a...
Family
En suite mania: homebuyers in Britain going ‘bonkers for bathrooms’
“I don’t know about you, but we probably had one bathroom between five or six of us when I was growing up,” says Robin...
Family
Finally my childhood music lessons have paid off | Seamas O
My daughter grabs the microphone. It sparkles intensely. It’s one of those karaoke mics studded with LED lights that masks its harshness with sheer...
Family
It’s so tempting for columnists to give a little too much away
As an avid reader of newspaper columns, the ones I’ve always looked forward to are the ones where something has gone wrong. You read...
Children
Branded UK school uniforms cost more than double high-street prices, analysis reveals
Parents are routinely paying more than double the price for branded school uniforms compared with similar items offered by supermarkets and high-street stores, an...
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WSJ Wants Judiciary Shielded From Scrutiny
A New York Times investigation (9/15/24) has given us great insight into Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who—unlike the president...
Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites
Gamblers in Great Britain are betting £2.7bn a year through hidden-market websites, according to a lobby group that claims...
Prada and Max Mara bring strangeness and science to Milan fashion week
A Prada show is never a straightforward beauty pageant, so when the co-designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons go...
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Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
What was expected of her was the same thing...