Bullying: what to do when your child is the bully
It’s a call no parent wants to receive. “There’s been a case of bullying involving your child,” the voice on the other end explains. You demand answers. You want …
Teenager’s new book aims to teach children about mental health
A teenage girl from Wiltshire has discovered success as an author after writing a book about mental health, aimed at young children. Scrambled Heads is aimed at children aged 5-11 …
21st Century Nativity: Reimagining the birth of Jesus in ‘Selfie’ era
“It’s been about 2,000 years since the nativity set was designed. We think it’s ready for an upgrade.” An American company called Modern Nativity is reinventing the Nativity by giving …
Parents are turning their children’s drawings into tattoos
Most parents display their kids’ artwork on the fridge, but some have gone above and beyond the call of duty by inking their offsprings’ artworks on their skin. The trend …
Robotic babies used in sex ed classes found to increase number of teen pregnancies
One might think that caring for a robotic baby doll — one that cries and sleeps like a regular human baby — might discourage teenage girls from getting pregnant. According …
Dad recreates his daughter’s selfies with hilarious results
Dads are known for embarrassing their teenage daughters. But one dad is taking it to extremes.
Full-time parents enjoy better job satisfaction than many workers, survey finds
It is confirmation of what many weary commuters have secretly suspected. Research has found that stay-at-home parents are happier than those who go out to work. A study carried out …
Shocking number of parents admit to raiding their kids’ savings
Nearly half of parents admit to raiding their children’s piggy bank to cover costs such as parking, takeaways, taxis, school trips, paying the window cleaner, and for the tooth fairy, …
Full-time working dads earn 21% more than their childless peers, while working mums earn 11% less
Full-time working fathers out-earn their childless counterparts by more than a fifth, research has found. A study of 17,000 workers commissioned by the TUC has found than full time working …
It’s no joke! Research finds British parents don’t laugh enough
Laughter may be the best medicine, but according to new research, British parents are suffering from a ‘laughter deficit’ – with half of parents chuckling just once or less a …
Kids dish the dirt on their ‘Loose Women’ mums during one-off Easter special
We’re all familiar with Take Your Kids to Work Day – and now ITV’s Loose Women are doing just that. The offspring of Katie Price, Andrea McLean, Nadia Sawalha and …
At what age can children be left alone?
There is no legal minimum age at which children can be left unattended – but figures suggest hundreds of parents were arrested for doing so last year. What are the rules?
Rise in number of scarlet fever cases across England
The symptoms of scarlet fever include a sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine red rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body.
The shocking number of young children who have had teeth removed
The number of children in England having their teeth removed because of decay has increased for the fourth year in a row, new figures suggest.
Dad wants to tattoo his baby twins to tell them apart… but there’s a good reason
A dad who can’t tell his identical one-year-old sons apart is at his wit’s end. The anonymous man wrote the cry for help on social networking site Reddit , admitting …
Britain’s ‘first black and white twins’ born from same egg
These siblings are thought to be the first “black and white” twins born in the UK – despite coming from the same egg. Libby Appleby, 37, was told her unborn …
Toddler’s hand paralysed by spider in Aldi banana
The boy was rushed to hospital after his right hand swelled “like a balloon” and became “paralysed”.
The ultimate parent fantasy?
In a hilarious new video, Australian comedy duo Hamish and Andy imagine the sort of conversations that might take place on a “Parent Fantasy Hotline.” Parodying phone sex hotlines, the …
This dad’s clever creation has gone viral
We all know how much toddlers love locks, phones and door stoppers. Which is what makes this dad’s busy board for his young son so clever. It was posted up …
Have you noticed this in your child’s bottle?
The dad first posted about the problem on his Facebook wall.