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parenting

SELF

What you think parenting is like versus what it is actually like

Parenting is an alternate universe of things you’d never imagine signing up for. Amanda Cassidy on reality versus…

By Amanda Cassidy

cancer

SELF

‘Mummy has cancer’: How to talk to children about a parent’s diagnosis

How do you tell your child that you have cancer? Amanda Cassidy speaks to those who've had to…

By Amanda Cassidy

premium

SELF

‘He was face down. I ran down the stairs screaming as loud as I could and jumped in the water’

Nicole Hughes went on holiday to the beach every year. In the summer of 2017, they returned to…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

20 things you should know before you become a parent

Ahh, motherhood… the chance to relive your youth vicariously through your offspring. But when it comes to the…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

Madeleine disappearance: Kate and Gerry McCann’s triple tragedy

The latest update in the gruelling search for their daughter might just be the last. But, for the…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

How to deal with an anxious child at back-to-school time

We joke about wanting our children back in school because of the long summer break, but for some…

By Amanda Cassidy

Dyslexia

EDITORIAL

Must-read: A ten-year-old girl wrote a beautiful backwards poem to highlight dyslexia

Social media most definitely has a dark side, but every so often it does, as Marie Kondo says,…

By Jennifer McShane

Homeless Children

EDITORIAL

‘A deepening crisis’: Number of homeless children increased by 10% in the last year

The number of homeless children has increased by 10 per cent in the past year, according to the…

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

These are the most popular baby names for 2019… so far

Amanda Cassidy on one of the biggest decisions you'll ever have to make... making a choice about baby…

By Amanda Cassidy