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The spring garden makeover guide
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- March 10, 2017
The latest floral and furnishing trends for your backyard
Сan a 15-year-old look after a six-year-old alone?
- Sasha Alison
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- February 25, 2017
This summer, I’m going to do something I’ve never done before: something I’m both nervous and excited about. I had to find out if it was legal
Calls to ban doll that ‘spies’ on children
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- December 15, 2016
She is the smart, talking doll that “you can talk to like a real friend”. According to child safety campaigners, however, My Friend Cayla may also be
Teenage girls need “other mothers” as mentors
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- November 20, 2016
Daughters can be deaf to maternal wisdom — so we need female mentors to help raise them
It’s a protective instinct to snoop on our kids, but we risk losing their trust
- Sasha Alison
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- November 5, 2016
Time to confess my guilty maternal secret: I am a sneaky snoop. I’m so desperate to know what is going on in my teens’ lives that I
Britain is a nation full of cry-babies, scientists reveal
- Sasha Alison
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- October 25, 2016
Babies cry more in Britain than almost anywhere else in the industrialised world, research has shown. Newborn children in Canada, the UK and Italy topped a survey
Paternity leave — use it or lose it
- Sasha Alison
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- October 10, 2016
Men should be offered “use it or lose it” father’s leave, paid at a generous rate, to ensure they take off a substantial amount of time with
Telling mothers-to-be not to drink ‘is wrong’
- Sasha Alison
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- September 30, 2016
Official advice to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy is overly cautious and sexist, academics claim.
Pregnant women still denied scans
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- September 15, 2016
A lack of access to crucial ultrasound scans for pregnant women across Ireland has not improved in more than a decade, a study has found.
Toddlers in juice ban as nurseries tackle obesity
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- September 1, 2016
Fruit juice will be banned as a routine drink for children in nurseries under new guidelines. Recommended menus will aim to cut the sugar consumption of toddlers