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A new report shows a bad situation is getting worse. This really is a case for draconian action from the state, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee ...

Annabelle doesn't want to lose her family name, but traditionalist Teddy is not keen on a double-barrelled compromise. You decide who should be named - and who should be shamed ...

If your unhappiness about unsolicited comments about your body has any hope of registering, says Eleanor Gordon Smith, you have to do more than pushback here and there ...

CQC study found falls across a range of metrics dealing with antenatal care, labour, childbirth and postnatal care ...

This crisis is not the fault of medical professionals. If funding for hospices is cut further, more people will die in distress, says author and journalist Natalie Morris ...

It is the discussion many parents dread most - so how and when should this be brought up? Here are the best ways to broach it ...

With the help of our 'community family', we have grown from being rookie parents working 15-hour days to a household with a better work-life balance ...

The weather and time have conspired to turn a 30th birthday gift into a nightmare for one reader ...

When a classmate said she'd be allowed a brother or sister, I realised what it meant: she might die young. It was a sudden insight into tragedy and trauma ...

It's a well trodden fact that running with other people is good for camaraderie, safety and our physical and mental wellbeing - but now it seems it's fertile ground for dating ...