All news on the topic: Parenting

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Dad bursts into tears after long-lost son tracks him down after 36 years
A man has taken to social media to share how his half brother managed to track down his family after taking an at-home DNA test - putting an end to a 32-year-long mystery in their lives
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'My dad named me after his school crush - I feel like a burden to my mum'
A woman has been left feeling 'conflicted' after discovering her dad named her after his high school crush without her mum's knowledge - and now doesn't know whether to keep it a secret for him
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'I forced train passenger out of my reserved seat - but someone was in theirs'
The parent was travelling with two young children when they forced another group to vacate their reserved seats - in a move that appeared to infuriate their fellow passengers
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'My wife is fuming our daughter took first steps with me - but I encouraged it'
A dad was left confused after his wife kicked off at him when their baby reached an important milestone when she was taking a nap - but people reassured him he'd done nothing wrong
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Group of babies descends on Parliament Square to protest single-use nappies
The mini revolutionaries accompanied their parents to the demonstration after it emerged 10 million disposable nappies are sent to landfill every day in the UK
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Angry dad drags his son into car to take him home during riots across France
French police have been on the frontlines of a gruelling running battle with rioters setting the streets of Paris ablaze in protest against the killing of 17-year-old Nahel M
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'My daughter's brother is actually her father - I can't hide the truth anymore'
A woman has taken to The Atlantic's Dear Therapist column to ask a professional how best to tell her daughter that her 'half-brother' is actually her father after hiding the truth from her for 30 years
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'I'm having to hide in my own home as neighbours' kids demand to use my pool'
A woman has taken to social media to share how her house is 'under siege' by the neighbourhood kids who want to swim in her pool because the previous homeowner allowed them in
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'I ruined neighbour's kids' plant project - they're livid but it's not my fault'
The neighbour defended her decision to destroy the plant project - and social media users rushed to agree they'd done the reasonable thing after she shared her reasoning
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Ellie Goulding and husband 'spending time apart' amid strained relationship
Ellie Goulding and her husband Caspar Jopling have made the decision to "spend time apart" from one another, just four years after they tied the knot
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'Selfish man' reports mum and child for being too messy on his flight
A woman called a man set next to her on a flight 'selfish' after he told a flight attendant that her daughter was getting glitter all over him - he wasn't impressed
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Mum-of-seven says she has a packing strategy to keep family holidays stress-free
Jen Hogan recently took her seven children on a holiday to the Canary Islands in Spain and has returned with lots of ideas about how to have a stress free and happy trip away with the family
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'I cringed every time I had to tell someone my baby's name so I changed it'
A mum who chose a "cool" name for her newborn son was quickly left second guessing her decision - and after just three months she went through the process of legally changing it
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Mum removes kids from school to let them do what they want from lie-ins to Lego
A mum says she took her children out of school after training to be a teacher herself, and now homeschools them in a bid to give them the freedom to plan their own day
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Dad hits back after vile trolls slam him for kissing his 5-year-old son on lips
A dad has hit back at vile trolls after they suggested that he shouldn't be kissing his son on the lips - but other people jumped to his defence saying the pair were 'adorable'
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Katie Price tells daughter 'you won't be a scientist' and dubs ex Pete 'strict'
Katie Price has opened up about her an her ex-husband Peter Andre's different parenting approaches as she says dad Peter is 'strict' on their daughter Princess over her exams
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'My mother-in-law is so insulted by our baby's name she ordered us to change it'
A new mum has taken to social media to share how her mother-in-law ordered her to change her daughter's name because it's 'disrespectful' to her as the only 'real grandmother'
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Mum rages at neighbour's 'crazy' demand when picking up her son for school run
A mum has taken to social media to share how her neighbour ordered her to 'wake up' her child before collecting him for school, saying she is responsible for him being late for class otherwise
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Inside Richard Keys 'devastated' family from wife's cancer to alcoholic daughter
Ex-Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has married Lucie Rose in a low-key ceremony seven years after his cancer-survivor wife claimed they had an affair
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'Devastated' girls give mum silent treatment after her gender reveal
Laura Bott left her two daughters in tears after her gender reveal didn't go the way they had hoped - and they even refused to speak to her the whole day
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'My ex-husband donated his sperm so I could have a child with my new girlfriend'
Linda Fruits, from Sunrise, Florida, America, asked her ex-husband to father her child with her new girlfriend - and now the trio parent all their children together
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Furious mum dubbed 'fun sponge' after bedtime complaint about child's sleepover
A woman says she wasn't happy at all after learning that her eight-year-old daughter had stayed up until 4:30am at her friend's sleepover, but some say she's being a bit of a 'fun sponge'
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'My husband's last name is so unfortunate - I don't want our kids using it'
A worried parent says they're concerned about their husband's unfortunate last name, which has some awkward connotations, and is now trying to persuade him not to pass it on to their kids
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Mum causes anger after her 'tasteless' joke sparks welfare concern for 'baby'
A mum has faced controversy after her video went viral on social media. Initially it sparked welfare concern as she had left a note on her car saying she had left her baby while she went into the shop
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Woman who 'posed as child' seen for first time in years with new adopted family
Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace, known for a controversial case involving her age and identity, is seen with her new adoptive family while shopping at Walmart with her new adoptive father