8 h. ago The nest is empty: Parents grapple with mixed emotions after children move out

Parents across the U.S. are experiencing mixed emotions as their children leave home for college or work

Society

9 h. ago The four symptoms of chickenpox that parents should look out for as children return to school and nursery

Children can catch and carry chickenpox before symptoms show 🐔

Society

16 h. ago Family flees Britain for life in Malaysia after soaring crime rates under Starmer and Labour caused parents to ban their children from playing outside

Kayleigh Hall, 37, and husband Kev Hall, 41, upped sticks from the town of Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, with their three children (pictured, with their parents) in March - and do not plan to return.

Society

33 h. ago Children could be held back a year if they're not deemed 'school ready'

Kids who miss key milestones could repeat a year to reduce the risk of them falling behind

Politics

34 h. ago Princess Anne's surprise 'realisation' after falling down 'the line of succession'

Princess Anne's children Zara and Peter were both offered royal titles but their parents Anne and Mark Philips reportedly turned them down in order for them to live a 'normal life'

Politics

37 h. ago From playpens to pushchairs, parents are pocketing hundreds each year through preloved purchases

New research reveals that over half (52 percent) of parents would only buy second-hand children's items if they could, with one in eight (13 percent) already buying exclusively second-hand

Society

37 h. ago Sleep coach recommends bedtimes are less stressful for kids with this parent

Sleep coach shares her top tips for getting children to sleep better, including a simple parent-approved hack that makes a huge difference for bedtime routines

Politics

39 h. ago ‘Man with knife inside dance class’, mother told at Southport attack

The public Inquiry is hearing from the parents of children caught up in the attack.

Events

39 h. ago Giant sinkhole opens up outside primary school as kids return after summer

A huge sinkhole has suddenly emerged outside Litchard Primary School, in Bridgend, south Wales, forcing the road to be closed off while the cause is investigated

Politics

42 h. ago Gogglebox’s Pete Sandiford’s wife flooded with support after emotional family announcement

Gogglebox’s Pete Sandiford is married to wife Paige and they are parents to two children

Events

43 h. ago Deaf review – cinema as empathy machine as a deaf mother struggles with parenting issues

Angela’s apparently idyllic family life begins to fray when she becomes pregnant and the hearing world’s old prejudices are reawakenedFar from the Tree, Andrew Solomon’s brilliant nonfiction book about parenting children different from oneself, offers the useful distinction between vertical and horizontal identities. Vertical identities are inherited – a family name, an ethnicity, or a nationality; horizontal identities are qualities that define us which parents may have nothing to do with, such as the kinship people with autism feel with one another, or being gay or deaf.Deaf, a Spanish-language film directed by Eva Libertad that stars Libertad’s own deaf sister Miriam Garlo, offers a near-perfect fictional illustration of the tension between vertical and horizontal identities within a newly minted nuclear family. Professional potter Angela (Garlo) is deaf, and married to farmer Hector, a hearing man, and the two mostly communicate through sign language. Almost as soon as they find...

Politics

53 h. ago Parents 'handcuffed children to beds and forced them to eat hot chilli peppers'

David Gonzalez and Anita Valdez were arrested after the children were allegedly beaten with belts and forced to eat hot chilli peppers as punishment as well as sleep cuffed to beds, investigators said

Society

58 h. ago Martin Lewis issues stark warning to parents over hidden cost

Martin Lewis has issued a stark “warning” to parents whose children want to go to university, informing them that they will “have to start saving now” due to a “hidden” cost.

Events

58 h. ago Helensburgh school pupils return to classroom following work to replace RAAC from roof

The pupils have returned to their school building to start the new term after work was carried out to remove RAAC from the roof.

Politics

62 h. ago Warning to parents over 'harmless' codes used by predators online to groom children

An expert has warned of the unknown codes used online by predators to groom children without their parents' knowledge.

Events

63 h. ago Parents who lost children to cancer ring St Paul’s bells in their memory

A ceremony was held at the cathedral in central London to remember the 253 children who die of cancer each year in the UK on average.

Society

64 h. ago Nutritionists share 'perfect' school lunchbox and one thing to watch out for

With children now back to school for the new term, parents are bound to be scratching their heads over the 'what to pack for lunch everyday?' conundrum.

Culture

64 h. ago 'I'm a food expert and this is what you do and don't need to put in kids' lunchboxes'

Children are back to school for the new term, and parents are searching for the perfect lunchbox to pack every day. Nutrition experts have shared their top tips

Politics

65 h. ago Drivers warned 'press this button' or face £5K penalty if caught

The warning is for parents who are in the car with their children

Events

3 d. ago UK parents travelling to 4 Spanish islands with young kids issued travel advice

Important recommendation for parents who are planning to take young children on a trip to Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Fuerteventura have been issued by one mum

Politics