My parents are interfering in my life
Psychologies’ agony aunt, Mary Fenwick, offers her perspective on your life problems
Family & parenting
Family & Parenting is never easy… it feel impossible at times but you’re not alone. Find real stories, expert advice & more, here.
Sanity and single motherhood
Martha Roberts, award-winning mental health journalist writes about making it work as a single mother, when struggling with mental health issues.
Have you got a difficult mother?
In an ideal world, our mother is our best friend, confidant, ally and her love for us is unconditional. But what if our relationship with our mother is the opposite – confusing, hurtful, painful and, dare we say it, a little toxic? Thea Anderson has some advice
What does your birth order mean?
Our birth position can tell us a great deal about our personal characteristics, so can it help us to better understand our family, and ourselves? We ask psychologist Linda Blair, author of Birth Order
Five factors that influence how easily your children make friends
What makes it easier or more difficult for you child to make friends?
How to become friends with your dad
Psychology professor Linda Nielsen teaches fathers and daughters how to rebuild their relationships. Here’s her advice
How our mothers shape us into adulthood
In order to establish happy relationships in adult life, we need to untangle the emotional patterns passed down from our mothers
How do you deal with your partner’s children when they’re badly-behaved?
How do you handle bad-tempered or badly behaved children when they’re not your own, asks our family expert Ilona Boniwell, mother to two step-children, her own two teenage sons and a toddler
How do you bring two families together successfully?
Bringing together two families can throw up all sorts of issues and problems you never thought of – but it can be done, as long as you give yourself a break and realise it takes a bit of time, writes Dr Ilona Boniwell
Why are children scared of Santa?
Many children get scared when visiting Father Christmas’s Grotto – but what is it about this jolly figure that frightens them?
