3 d. ago The Guardian view on ICE and Renee Good’s killing: Trumpism’s brutal tactics don’t end with migrants | Editorial

The US president wants Americans to believe they are facing an emergency. The real danger is from his administrationIn Minnesota, armed and masked agents are ripping families apart. They are seizing parents while they wait with their child at a bus stop, going door to door seeking undocumented migrants and breaking car windows to drag people out. Last Wednesday an officer shot dead Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American citizen. Her killing is a tragedy for all who loved her, and most of all for the three children left motherless. It also marks her country’s crossing of a Rubicon.Where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) once preferred to keep a low profile, it now seeks publicity and confrontation – pumped up on billions of dollars in funding, the aggression and brazenness of the administration and the licensing of bigotry. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Can a smartwatch stop a tantrum in its tracks? Experts decided to find out

One in five children in the U.S. lives with a mental, behavioral or emotional health disorder

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5 d. ago I'm taking eight months' paternity leave – and it's changing my relationship with my children | Ilyas Nagdee

I’ll never tire of witnessing many ‘firsts’ for my second-born, but this is a luxury that should be afforded to everyone, not just those who can pay for itWhen I told people I was taking more than eight months of parental leave, the main reactions I got were: “What are you going to do with all that time?” and “won’t you get bored?” These questions came from every direction – including health professionals involved in my wife’s pregnancy and the arrival of our second child.More than halfway through my leave, I’ve been reflecting on what good parental leave looks like: leave that allows families to take the time to adjust to the new rhythms of family life. Thanks to a new policy at my work that gives parents six months of paid parental leave, in addition to annual leave, I will be returning to work not when our newborn is still tiny, our toddler is adjusting to a sibling and their mum is recovering from birth, but when our son is eight months old. This is markedly different to when ou...

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1 week ago I’ve stopped tracking my kids with an AirTag – it wasn’t healthy for me or my children

A group of health experts has urged parents to stop tracking their children because it causes them anxiety. That’s exactly why I ditched the AirTags, says mum of two Charlotte Cripps, who took a more trusting approach to child safety

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2 w. ago Don’t blame mothers for performative parenting – blame the internet

Jamie Laing’s post about his wife Sophie Habboo creating a magical Christmas three weeks after giving birth has been dubbed insensitive, but those criticising her are as just as guilty of the ‘mum shaming’ they’re accusing her of, says Charlotte Cripps

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3 w. ago Parents warned over ‘blind spot’ around babies and screen time

The impact of screen usage on babies is the topic of a new university study

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3 w. ago ‘Just like so many families’: US parents of addicted kids relate to the Reiners – but fear stigma

The challenges of drug and alcohol addiction are familiar, but violence against others is highly unusual, parents sayWhen news broke that Rob and Michele Singer Reiner had been killed and a possible suspect was their son, Nick Reiner, who had struggled with addiction and mental health issues, it brought addiction back into the public spotlight. But parents who have been affected by their children’s addiction fear the conversation will focus on the exceedingly rare act of violence instead of the more widespread risks.Ron Grover and his wife, Darlene, have been glued to the news. They only knew the Reiners by their work, but they feel a connection: Grover’s son also became addicted at 15 to opioids and then heroin, much like Nick Reiner, and he was in and out of rehab and jail for years. But after seven excruciating years, Grover’s son got sober in July 2010. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tortured Reiner family history REVEALED: Rob's troubled relationship with his father... and how it was mirrored in his bond with his son

Rob and Michele Reiner's shocking deaths have drawn renewed attention to the film director's own complicated relationship with his late father Carl Reiner.

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3 w. ago My daughter wanted her own room so I made her a ‘Harry Potter style’ one – trolls say they’re ‘ringing social services’

IT'S not unusual for kids to beg their parents for their own bedroom, but for many families it's just not a possibility. But one savvy DIY fan took matters into his own hands when his daughter wanted a bit of privacy. Rather than splitting the existing bedroom in two, adding a curtain down the middle...

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3 w. ago Catherine Tate fans run out of 'smutfest' panto as they warn 'do not bring kids'

Catherine Tate's new pantomime Sleeping Beauty has received furious reviews from unsuspecting families, many of which have taken to social media to urge parents not to bring their children

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