51 h. ago Major change to rights for new dads and bereaved parents to be set out today

The Government will set out new rights to take unpaid parental leave from day one of a new job on Monday, as well as announcing up to a year of leave if a parent loses their partner before their child turns one

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7 d. ago Jessie Buckley had the ‘deep need’ to become a mother after filming Hamnet

The 36-year-old admitted that embodying a mother mourning the loss of a child made her feel drawn to becoming a parent.

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8 d. ago "No parent should have to deal with the loss of their child": Thousands raised after tragic death of boy, 16, in crash

Alfie Moran, described by his mother as a 'special boy with the biggest heart' was struck on Kingsway in Burnage

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1 week ago Dramatic moment hero mum jumps off dock to rescue daughter, 4, trapped in water between cruise ship and pier

THIS is the dramatic moment a mother saved her four-year-old daughter from drowning. The brave parent leapt off a dock to rescue her child, who was trapped between a cruise ship and a pier in the Bahamas. Heart-stopping footage shows crew members rushing to help the mum and daughter to safety. Staff throw life rings...

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2 w. ago My weirdest Christmas: I was 11 and braced for tension. Then I found my parents and step

It was our first joint family Christmas, and I watched fearfully as my mum walked into the kitchen she had once called hers. The next 48 hours were full of surprisesThere are still moments I pinch myself: when, over the remnants of turkey and red wine, my divorced parents regale us all with an in-joke from their previous life. When, on the pre-lunch walk, my dad and stepdad stroll in lockstep and talk about finance and even feelings, occasionally. When we’ve all exchanged gifts, and the most thoughtful gifts are not between husband and wife or parent and child, but ones the divorced and remarried couples have given each other.We’ve been doing this for 25 years now, this joint family Christmas, complete with step-parents, parents and siblings. But every so often, I remember how weird it all once felt. The first time, when I was 11 years old, I watched fearfully as, on Christmas Eve, my mum walked into the kitchen she once called hers. Despite her initial efforts to pretend otherwise,...

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3 w. ago As a child, our family Christmas photo was an annual trauma. As a parent, I understand it now | Sean Szeps

In our house, the Christmas photo still exists. But it follows a very different set of rules: Keep it quick, keep it casual, and if it’s not funny what’s the point?In my family, Christmas isn’t just a holiday It’s an obsession. And my mother? She’s the matriarch of mistletoe.Every December, our home transformed into a living snow globe. We didn’t just buy ornaments, we made them. We didn’t watch Christmas movies, we lived them. We’d cut down our own trees, hand-string popcorn garlands and spend full afternoons debating the correct angle of the angel on top of the tree. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago SARAH VINE: The more you mollycoddle an addict, the more they take you for a fool. Like the Reiners, no parent wants to give up on their child

Who can even begin to imagine the horror experienced by the legendary film director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70.

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4 w. ago Mother slams 'Santa's airline' for refusing to feed 'starving' son after eight

A parent has slammed an airline for not providing food to her child 40 minutes before landing after an eight-hour flight.

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