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Family

  • Exhausted, disconnected and fed up: what is ‘parental burnout’ and what can you do about it?

    It can be difficult for time-poor parents to practise self-care. But when they do, it has a positive impact on their physical and mental health, and on their family too

  • My son’s aquatic empire has taken over the sitting room – and I am in over my head

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • I’m consumed by a crush, but we are both married

  • The moment I knew: I dreamed up a character to cure my writer’s block. He saved my marriage too

  • Fleur East looks back: ‘My mum loved to put me in the most flamboyant dresses: big poofy sleeves and shoulder pads’

  • Why are pandas fat and which animals are they related to? Try our kids’ quiz

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Opinion

  • John Harris

    A lost generation are stuck living with their parents – and Tory talk of housebuilding won’t help them

    John Harris
  • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    Can we call time on the ‘doesband’ doing ‘daddy day care’? Fathers are way past that

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • Polly Toynbee

    The great British baby drought has a simple cause. And it’s not ‘cultural Marxism’

    Polly Toynbee
  • Jay Rayner

    I have unsavoury habits in the kitchen – but don’t we all?

    Jay Rayner
  • Emma Brockes

    I took my kids to the playground without my phone – and it was a revelation

    Emma Brockes
  • Zoe Williams

    I’m an inspiration to my sister. Unfortunately, what I’ve inspired is a standup routine

    Zoe Williams
  • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    To my friend who worries about becoming a parent: here are some things to hold on to

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Advice

  • Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I can’t get past how empty I feel since my best friend died

  • Sexual healing
    My wife said her ex was a better lover than me – and we haven’t had sex since

  • Ask Philippa
    I’m consumed by a crush, but we are both married

  • Consumer champions
    RAC was supposed to get my broken-down car home. But it’s lost it

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Love & sex

  • This is how we do it: ‘She sets a timer for sex and my job is just to enjoy what she’s doing to me’

  • Blind date: ‘I banged my head on the table I was laughing so hard’

    Giles, 57, an advocate and DJ, meets Sarah, 55, a library assistant

  • Weekend podcast: Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey, Marina Hyde on the This Morning ‘rift’, and the bereaved sex taboo

     
    Nothing is more important to the country right now than Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield’s alleged rift, and Marina Hyde is gripped; Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey talks about overcoming self-doubt, her soulmate sister Chlöe, and inspiring the next generation; and author Kat Lister explores the stigma of grieving partners’ sexuality.

  • You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop monitoring me at the gym?

  • I may have fallen in love with a sex worker I am paying. Could it be real?

  • ‘All of us are worthy of love’: how to start dating again after heartbreak

  • ‘I miss the sex’: Why are the sexual needs of the bereaved still a taboo?

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