Parenting and family news, picked by parents

We all like to do things that make us feel good don’t we? Putting a few pennies in collection pots? Buying a Poppy for remembrance Sunday? Entering a fundraising event? Donating something to a charity shop? We like to know that our actions are somehow helping someone somewhere. Well now Pampers are asking you to [...]

OK, so we appear to have got a bit Miliband-tastic (or should that be Mili-tant??) at the moment, but bear with us, it won’t last. It’s just that politicians rarely provide us with so many interesting family conundrums, so we’ll eek it out a bit longer… Some enthusiastic hack has uncovered the embarrassing fact that [...]

Poor Mrs Miliband, you have to feel sorry for her. She’s in the most unenviable parenting position since Richard Williams last sat down on Centre court. But let’s ask the question everyone’s wondering about – will she secretly rooting for one of her sons in particular to win the Labour leadership race? Does she have [...]

According to WENN, in a recent interview with Fox News, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal said she thinks that she’s “failed” at parenting because she hired a nanny. Gyllenhaal had previously stated that she would bring her daughter up without outside help, so perhaps this is the reason she felt she had failed, but in the world [...]

Hooter Hiders are topping the list of must-haves for new mums, according to this article the Guardian. Celebrities such as Julia Roberts, Gwen Stefani and Gwyneth Paltrow have apparently all voiced support for Hooter Hiders, but others argue that ‘nipple phobia’ is a phenomenon that needs to be fought against. Do you feel that mums [...]