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Family

  • Mother with baby looking out the window

    I’m losing my mum to young-onset dementia. Caring for my baby reminds me who she was

    Alexandra Hansen
    Now that I am a mother, I think of her often. Sometimes, when I need advice, I try to imagine what hers might have been
  • Flashback: Vicky Pattison. Now pic: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair: Jeyanney; makeup: Thomas Tatam.

    ‘When I discovered alcohol and boys, I was feral’: Vicky Pattison looks back

  • Kate Potter

    I always wondered what had happened to my missing brother. Could I ever forgive my father for driving him away?

  • Illustration of the Earth forming a ring with other planets, coloured, red, black and blue

    Do all the planets ever line up and does popcorn get mouldy? The kids’ quiz

  • Holly Wainwright (right) with her mothers group on one of their camping trips

    My mothers’ group goes camping every year. A lot has changed, but I’m grateful we still have each other

    Holly Wainwright
  • An illustration of a head, with blond hair, glasses and earrings, in a green bowl with a bow around it, being pushed by a small figure

    You be the judge: my husband returned a gift my sister gave us. Should he confess?

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Opinion

  • Baby asleep on father's chest

    The Guardian view on paternity leave: campaigners are right to demand more

  • Putting clothes into a cardboard box for donation

    Forget Swedish death cleaning, letting go is hard – even when it’s just a jacket

    Nova Weetman
    It would now be easier for us if Dad had sorted things before he died but the process of emptying his house allowed me to see him differently
  • Rachel Connolly

    The Clooneys never argue. In a fantasy world of riches and beauty, I wouldn’t either

    Rachel Connolly
  • Moira Donegan

    What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about?

    Moira Donegan
  • Close Up Of Children's Feet In Soccer Match

    I prided myself on being rational and easygoing. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports

    Myke Bartlett
  • Some of the items listed were adorably minor… But for £1, he could toss a wet sponge at the school’s head teacher

    Our son’s eagerness to do chores is less about the pocket money than how he’ll spend it

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Kate Maltby

    Stepmothers, relax, you’ll always be wicked but true love is worth it

    Kate Maltby
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Advice

  • An illustration of a bearded man in a green jumper, seen from behind, against a blue background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Dating apps left me suicidal. How can I find love before it’s too late?

  • A young man wearing a vest sitting sideways in bed, looking behind him with a worried expression

    Sexual healing
    My husband is more attractive than I am – and it makes me feel like an inadequate lover

  • British Gas logo

    Consumer champions
    British Gas has billed my account for Glasgow address that is not mine

  • A 17th-century glass painting attributed to Carlo Garofalo, depicting the romantic story of Rinaldo and Armida from the medieval chivalric romance.

    Leading questions
    I’m considering dating again. Should I stop having sex with my ex?

Love & sex

  • Tracy Sorensen with her partner Steve Woodhall at home in Bathurst, NSW, Australia.

    The moment I knew: fire was lapping the trees near my house when he knocked on my door in uniform

  • GUARDIAN TIHWDI 105.jpg

    This is how we do it: ‘We don’t need sex for intimacy – we walk around naked, kiss and flirt’

    Lucy and Kyra have accepted that their libidos differ – and their sex life ebbs, flows and evolves accordingly
  • 3May25 Blind Date for web

    Blind date: ‘Good table manners? Do Americans have them?’

    Denise, 62, meets Federico, 64. Both are actors
  • We want to hear about the big moves you made following a romantic split - for the better or for the worse

    Tell us: have you ever made a drastic decision after a breakup?

  • GUARDIAN TIHWDI 104 WEBPINK

    This is how we do it: ‘I’m from an evangelical Christian family and didn’t know what an orgasm was till I was 24’’

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