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You can't protect children by lying to them – the truth will hurt less
Parents try to protect children from distressing realities, such as illness, death or divorce. But if you don't talk to them about the difficult stuff, they worry alone ...
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My two boys are hungry ALL the time!
Polly Williams has two young sons, six and 10, who eat constantly. They have food on the brain and she's finding it hard to keep up with their growing appetites
Family features p3
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Travelling back with Dad to his old army stomping grounds
Stephanie Theobald went to south-east Asia with her father to see where he did his national service more than 50 years ago. And she also learned to see the young man he'd once been
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I tracked down my biological family online: 'It was like a treasure hunt'
Comedian Deborah Frances-White turned internet detective to track down her birth mother and then turned her quest into a compelling one-woman show. By Celine Bijleveld
Family features p5
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Family life: Meeting David Niven, Dire Straits and Pink Stuff
Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipes
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Our house is a mess and tidying up seems beyond us
I'm overwhelmed by mountains of stuff everywhere in our house. I try really hard but just can't get things organised. Annalisa Barbieri gives her advice
Family features p6
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Our marriage may be over, but we'll always have Paris
I have good memories of the past, including a romantic weekend abroad 10 years ago, when we looked after each other
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A letter to … Auntie Sue, who is one of a kind
The letter you always wanted to write
Family features p7
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Jane Seymour: My family values
The actor talks about her 'culturally spectacular upbringing', how she never refers to her children as stepchildren and the joy of being a grandmother. By Elaine Lipworth
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Reading to children gets better and better as they get older
Tim Lott: Books for young children tend to be slight and dull, but after this and up to the early teen years, the richness of modern work is astonishing. As long as you survive Clifford the Big Red Dog …
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