Category: Lifestyle

Neurotic mothers, anxious fathers, competitive parenting: when did we become a child-obsessed nation? Polly Vernon meets the GP who believes having children is making us stressed and unhappy – and thinks we all need to relax

Before having two fat little cherubs under two (who expect attention and military-esque devotion to their every need 24 hours a day), I lived a life of wanton wanderlust. With fun-loving friends from Los Angeles to London, I was lost in a haze of youth and no responsibilities. Other than work, there was nothing stopping […]

Little girls should put away the tiaras, glitter and butterfly wings and have fun playing with science sets, the only female member of the Fianna Fail parliamentary party has warned. Senator Mary White said she was frustrated by the increasing popularity of birthday parties where girls were invited to dress as magic princesses.