Spending time with my friends children, my nieces and nephews, makes me much more aware of the kinds of foods that are easy to prepare and that satisfy them, but the biggest question is are they nourishing them from the inside out?

In Ivory Coast, word of mouth is still the major form of communication for mums-to-be. Many issues are similar to the UK: interference from the mother-in-law seems to be universal and women tend to gossip and share horror stories. Like disease, rumours can spread fast and seem unstoppable. In Ivory Coast, their destructive path is paved by traders, women who visit villages on market day and set up stalls to buy, sell and gossip. Ivory Coast is a volatile country, having recently emerged from civil war.

Megan Stammers, the school girl who ran away with her married maths teacher, appears unusual, hence all the headlines, but in fact running away from home could be a lot more common than realised.

It's not always practical to own a pet, especially in cities: it's undoubtedly a sign of responsibility to not acquire one, when the environment and resources to give an animal a good life are not there.

This blog was developed in association with Dominique Tillen, founder of Brush Baby - specialists in dental care for babies and young children. I rec...

On the 23rd of September from 14:30 - 17:00, the Anna Freud Centre will be holding it's annual Open Afternoon. The Open Afternoon provides a free a...

Bullying sadly takes many forms. It's heart-breaking for parents to witness the effect bullying has on their child: we love our children, and we hope bullying will never happen to them. Sorry, I have bad news...

My daughter has settled into nursery alarmingly quickly. When I went to pick her up for the first time she seemed very happy to see me and gave me a gratifyingly forceful hug. But I had seen her before she spotted me and she was clearly having a fantastic time.

The struggle by some parents to see their children post-separation has been well-documented for years... but the coalition is now doing something about it with the announcement of a government consultation to change the law.

I was interested to read that there are now plans to introduce legislation to promote a child's ongoing relationship with both parents. We all know that what that really means is legislation to register that the father's relationship is just as important as the mother's relationship with their children.

Jamie Oliver had a splash in the Guardian this week bemoaning the quality of our children's diets. "Tell me," he says in an interview, "Tell me, Mr Gove, Mr Lansley [the health secretary], two out of five kids are obese, how you plan to change that?"