Family and parents

Check out our parenting survey. Some shocks and surprises

The mother myths

Do grandparents spoil your children? Tactful tactics

New fatherhood makes men feel handsome and virile

10 things adoptive parents wish friends understood

Mums

50 things motherhood teaches you

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  Union boss compares pregnant Kate Middleton to 'young women having babies to get state handouts'
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  'Podgy' Vogue editor was banned from eating potatoes by her mum
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  Boy, 11, fathers child with 36-year-old mother of his primary school friend
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  Jail term reduced for mum-of-two who aborted her baby one week before due date

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Dads

The Expectant Dad's Handbook

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  Sesame Street debuts character with dad in prison
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  Video: Belt that allows expectant dads to experience kicks of unborn baby
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  Dad carried his sick, pregnant wife 25 miles to hospital - but baby had died
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  The House Dad Chronicles: What dads REALLY want for Father's Day

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Grandparents

Our favourite celebrity grandparents

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  Interfering in-laws to blame for 1 in 10 divorces
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  This Morning agony aunt Denise Robertson: 'How to stop grandparents spoiling your children'
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  Why should seeing grandparents be a chore?
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  Grandfather sold three-day-old grandson on Facebook after telling mum her baby had died

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Single parents

The positives of single parenting

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  Number of single-parent families increasing by 20,000 a year; 1 million children have no contact with father
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  Dad sent imposter to take DNA test to avoid child maintenance payments
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  Pregnant mum faces jail if she does not force her five-year-old to see his dad at contact centre
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  Parents' relationship break-ups blamed on sleep deprivation

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Step parents

Who's a famous step parent?

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  Girl, 9, killed herself because of jealousy over new half-brother
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  The accidental stepmother
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  Is Kirstie Allsopp having a fifth child?
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  Danielle Lineker: If Gary had four girls, being step mum might have been more difficult

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  One in five children from broken homes lose touch with a parent forever. Don't let it happen to you.
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  How to make step families work
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  Widow remarries after children choose step-father from online 'daddy shop'
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  Step-parenting: Did Sienna take a step too far?

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