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Being the 'perfect' parent is an impossible task and second best parenting is here to reassure you of that

Struggling to set screen time boundaries with your kids? Parenting experts Dr Becky Kennedy and Professor Emily Oster have shared three top tips.

Christina Ricci’s comment that she frequently shares a bed with her eight-year-old son has led to a debate about co-sleeping: should kids be kept firmly in their own rooms, and can you stop them climbing under your duvet even if you don’t want them to?

There's nothing good to say about the newly-released national test scores in reading and math for fourth- and eighth-graders, showing sizable declines in the vast majority of states as a result of the pandemic.

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Is your kids’ bedtime data-led or boundary-free? Is the naughty step unused or well worn? Our guide decodes modern parenting

There are lots of books out there that focus on pregnancy, so we’ve had a look to see which ones are worth buying

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Toys teach girls that "their bodies constantly need to be improved,” Peggy Orenstein tells Salon