All news on the topic: Parenting

A former teacher has shared the one question she wishes more parents would ask, especially when attending parents' evenings, as it could help their children's education

A one-year-old girl died in a 'tragic' incident outside a hospital in Puyallup, Washington after a foster mum left them in a car for nine hours after forgetting they were there

A woman has taken to Reddit to share how her neighbour expects her to step up and be a second parent to her two children after her husband left her to look after them alone

The mum issued a stark warning to other parents about putting 'cute' headbands on babies, as she said the elastic fashion accessory could be 'unsafe' for little ones

Guy Erlacher-Downing and his wife Viki didn't want to live the normal nine-to-five life, instead they blazed a new trail and moved onto a commune where everyone chips in

Safety experts have urged parents who are considering taking their kids out in the hot weather to be careful, as a simple mistake with a pram could be life threatening

A woman has taken to social media to share how she overheard the little boy's teachers laughing about his name, saying it's more of a dog's name than a child's name

A mum who turned her finances around with careful planning has said she sticks to a £200 budget when her kids are on holiday - and still makes sure they're never bored

A woman couldn't keep her feelings to herself after her friend shared the name they would be calling their daughter – and it sparked a massive argument about parenting

A woman whose two-year-old son threw up during a trip to the supermarket says she was left seething after staff 'insisted' that she clean up the child's vomit herself

Lynija Eason has been charged in relation to the injuries that 6-year-old Jalaeyah sustained before her death. The cause of the death in the Bronx, New York is yet to be determined

A mum has admitted she regrets the name she gave her daughter because she named her after a woman that her husband cheated on her with and ultimately left her for

After his parents paid out for his siblings for several years, a man sent his mother and father an 'itemised bill' of expenses to 'sell his forgiveness' to them

Author Lucinda Hart says she doesn't want to censor her daughters, Rafi, nine and Aelfrida, six, when they're at home but the girls know the 'invisible boundaries' and don't swear in public

Language in Lucinda Hart's home in Mullion, Cornwall, is often blue - but the mother of two embraces it, because she feels words "shouldn't be censored" and her kids are "smiley and kind"

Rachel Riley has said she and her husband Pasha Kovalev paused their romance and dates, but vowed they will get right back to it once she stops breastfeeding their youngest daughter Noa, 18 months

A mum has come under fire online from fellow parents after explaining why she doesn't want her son to keep playing with another child who lives in their neighbourhood

The husband of a heartbroken mum has claimed that he has 'no time to do anything nice' for her birthday - he said that she's 'selfish' for expecting anything else

A woman has taken to social media to share how she wants a common sexually transmitted infection renamed so she can use it as a name for her future daughter - but others say it's an 'awful' idea

A mum has claimed her daughter's daycare teacher gave her a haircut without permission. She had never given the five-year-old a haircut, and she came home with noticeably shorter locks

Mum Megan Mae Farr, 27, and stepdad Gunner Farr, 23, from Texas, US, allegedly tied down their 9-year-old and 5-year-old to forcibly give them tattoos, according to police

A family with seven children in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania were found living in a trailer with faeces all over, as well as rats, snakes, and even maggots

Zoe Sullivan shares her life as a busy mother on social media, often to a negative reaction from strangers who say she is "irresponsible" to have so many children

A woman has taken to Reddit to share how she tried to ban her step daughter from wearing clothes from Victoria's Secret PINK because she doesn't agree with the 'message they're trying to send'

Four-year-old Preston was excited to treat himself to a birthday present but was left heartbroken when he realised he had lost his money before making his big purchase