How to raise a child

Every week, the best advice for you and your brood!

Among the many remarkable aspects of Clara Schumann’s life was the fact that she gave birth to eight children – seven of whom lived to adulthood. Given she lived in the 19th century, it is astonishing

Ruth Appleby, 61, never got over losing her daughter, but decades later she uncovered something shocking…

The Government is currently reviewing the UK’s parental leave system. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for mothers and grandmothers, says Anna Whitehouse

What does your wee say about your health? Well, plenty – but perhaps not in quite the way medieval physicians understood it. Before the in-depth study of anatomy and physiology, establishing the cause

Holding the hand of a mum in the final stages of labour, I gently encouraged her to push one last time. The room was quiet except for her sobs, already grieving for the baby not yet born. When her lit