With summer on the way, we should let children play outdoors – without wrapping them up in cotton wool – and let them take risks, says Liz Fraser It seemed as if it would never happen, but this week the weather gods finally woke up and answered the desperate prayers of a shivering, vitamin-D deprived [...]
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After marrying a man with adolescent daughters, Dr Wednesday Martin discovered that creating a happy stepfamily takes more than kindness and good intentions. Her response was to write Stepmonster: A New Look At Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel And Act The Way We Do, exploring the stepmother/stepchild relationship. Here she tells Rebecca Alexander what she’s [...]
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Now that the stigma of mental illness is slowly lifting, it’s time to talk to the children, says Sarah Owen My sister Rebecca was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 17 years ago at the age of 22, and as mental illness goes she’s quite a way along the spectrum. Although she has had periods of stability, [...]
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Phil Reay-Smith talks to one dad about how he reacted when his son told him he was gay How do you react when your son tells you he thinks he might be gay? Someone who knows is Trevor Diamond. His son Sam first said he thought he might be bisexual when he was 14. And, unlike [...]
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