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    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      A decade on, I still wonder if I was wrong to give my daughters a smartphone

      New research links young people’s worsening mental health to the age they received their first phone

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      Cordelia Jenkins
      How ‘Bluey’ became prestige TV for preschoolers

      In a sea of mind numbing kids’ shows, a reminder that there is intelligent life beyond the living room

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Office life
      ‘As a young woman from County Durham, I was underestimated’

      Sara Davies, the British entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den investor, selects her favourite articles on the world of work, parenthood and other themes that have shaped her life

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      How can I recover stolen crypto assets?

      Tracing digital assets compared with fiat currency

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      What is a mother’s role?

      Three informative books offering first-hand perspectives of early motherhood are a reminder that raising children should be a collective responsibility

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      On a mission for the appliance of science to Japanese family life

      After stints at Google and Apple, Yoky Matsuoka is turning her tech focus on the home

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      How mothers shape their daughters’ careers

      Has working life changed for women? Two generations compare differences, similarities and what they learn from each other

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      World Book Day and the curse of adult homework

      After-school work requiring heavy involvement penalises the children of parents without much time or much money

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Charles Calkin
      Introduce your children to your wealth manager

      Discussions can make managing your estate easier

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      It would pay for us all to be more honest about family advantage

      Hand-wringing about ‘nepo babies’ obscures some uncomfortable truths around class privilege

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Jo Ellison
      Smartphones? They’re so very 2022

      Gen Z’s teens are learning to self-moderate their screen time

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Data PointsFederica Cocco
      The UK’s adoption system is in peril

      Services for the most vulnerable in society are being undone by funding cuts and collapsing social care infrastructure

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      Non-fiction for kids: big books for little people

      . . . but getting the messaging correct is not always child’s play

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      The misery of the always-switched-on parent

      My phone allows me to monitor my daughter’s late night journey home. But is that a good thing?

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Camilla Cavendish
      Ambitious parents are instrumental in childhood’s modern malaise

      Parental anxiety is contagious but we constantly push for our children’s successes and intervene in their failures

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      FT readers respond
      What do you think about high childcare costs? FT readers respond

      We asked people about their experiences of childcare and their views on the UK system

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      A child’s eye view of the cost of living crisis

      From saving pocket money to better budgeting and giving to charity, children’s financial habits are changing

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      England’s childcare in crisis as costs rise and staff leave

      Pre-school provision suffering from a debilitating mix of under-investment, rising bills, shortages of qualified people and low morale

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      FT WealthFamily businesses
      Engaging the young in family business culture

      ‘A shared culture creates the basis on which a company can continue to prosper as control passes from one generation to the next’

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      FT SeriesThe HTSI Travel issue 2022
      How to travel with your children without losing your mind

      Tantrum-free travel, from luxury play-dens in the Maldives to Scottish camper-van escapes  

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      ReviewBiography and memoir
      Raising Raffi — reflections on the challenges of fatherhood

      A memoir by Russian-American writer Keith Gessen offers insight into all parental anxieties from birth to flying the nest

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      FT MagazineTim Bradshaw
      Should you share pictures of your kids on social media?

      It’s partly about safety, partly about consent — and partly about the speed at which tech is developing

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Childcare
      FT reader survey: Childcare subsidies will help women return to the workplace

      Respondents call for policymakers and employers to help shoulder the costs

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Childcare
      Childcare: female-led social enterprises tackle dysfunctional system

      A muddled mix of private providers and patchy government funding creates barriers for parents in the UK

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Joy Lo Dico
      University is daunting — for a newly liberated parent

      I have to learn how to be an autonomous adult again

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