Family

Advice, tips and lifetsyle features aimed at parents, children and families.

Adele Parks: 'Empty nesting gives you a moment to concentrate on yourself'

As thousands of teenagers prepare to leave home to start their first year at university, their parents face being left behind and trying to cope as empty nesters.

Top author Adele Parks, whose latest novel Lies Lies Lies focuses on a couple's attempts to have a second child and the issue of infertility, is saying farewell to her only child Conrad, 18, as he heads off to Warwick...

Nine ways to get picky children to eat more vegetables

Parents have traditionally battled to get their children to eat vegetables, but it seems the tables have turned, as increasing numbers of children are eating their greens, and plenty of other colours of veg.

Research by Birds Eye found almost a third (32%) of parents of children aged between four and nine years said their children would eat just about any type of vegetable, with...

3 in 4 Brits believe students wouldn’t tell a parent if they have financial troubles

New research has uncovered students' spending secrets and bargain blunders, and while 68% of respondents believing that students have no issues managing their money, over three quarters (78%) said that students would never tell a parent if they were experiencing financial troubles. The research, commissioned by printing and visual imaging company Epson, has unveiled that the UK believes that...

At what age should children be allowed to wear make-up? We asked an expert

If you're someone who keeps up with the Kardashians, you'll know that in the past, reality star Kim has shared a variety of social media posts showing her daughter North wearing make-up – including bright orange eyeliner and black lipstick.

The six-year-old even appeared on the cover of Women's Wear Daily's beauty special earlier this year, sporting her signature bright eyeliner look...

Get the look: Archie's adorable dungarees on the family's royal tour to Africa

The Duchess of Sussex might have been upstaged in the fashion stakes on the third day of the family's royal tour in South Africa – baby Archie rocked the cutest pair of striped dungarees as he met peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

It's the four-month-old's first appearance on the Africa tour and he's already posed with one of the heroes of the anti-Apartheid movement and Nobel...

Five of the most fashionable pregnancy announcements as Blake Lively debuts her baby bump

Blake Lively has announced her third pregnancy in the most glamorous way possible in 2019: on the red carpet with husband Ryan Reynolds, glowing in a sequinned yellow dress.

The couple were at the premiere of of Reynolds's new movie Pokemon Detective Pikachu, and Lively's bump is certainly a clear answer to any pregnancy rumours that might have been flying around.

The bright...

Wrag Wrap recycles waste plastic bottles to create reusable gift wrap for Christmas 2019

The world's first reusable gift wrap made from 100% recycled (traceable) plastic bottle waste has been launched just in time for Christmas.

With only a fraction of the plastic ever produced being recycled, the majority is destined for landfill, or even ends up in our oceans.

Each of Wrag Wrap's new Reversible Crackle Wraps is made from just over 12 recycled plastic bottles....

Nine ways to protect children during a bitter divorce

Children can be used as weapons when their parents separate. Family experts explain how to shield them from the stress of a bitter split.

It’s estimated that 42% of marriages end in divorce, and sadly many of them are bitter. But what’s even sadder is when the separating couple’s children get dragged into the fight between their parents, and are used as emotional weapons, which can...

Ask an expert: Could using social media be affecting my daughter’s mental health?

A doctor offers guidance for parents on talking to kids about how social media might be making them feel. By Lisa Salmon.

My 13-year-old daughter spends a lot of time on social media and often seems anxious, depressed and moody. I don’t know whether it’s just because she’s being a ‘normal’ teenager, or whether her mood is negatively affected by her social-media use. She’s not easy to...

Bored of the pub and cinema? Here are 5 original ideas for an active date

Break the ice with these out-of-the-box suggestions.

With apps like Tinder and Bumble, it’s never been easier to set up a date. And while it’s great that there’s now so much opportunity for romance out there, it’s also true that dating can get a bit, well, samey.

Sitting in that same nook in the local pub, ordering the same drink, seeing the same faces propping up the bar –...

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