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    • 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
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      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
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      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

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      FT readers respond
      How to help teenagers struggling with mental health — FT readers respond

      We asked our readers to share their experiences and tips on coping with anxiety and stress in young people

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Stephen Bush
      Cosseting our kids is a good thing — mostly

      Protectiveness comes with some downsides, which states should try to mitigate

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      FT Magazine
      Gentle parenting, yes or no? FT readers respond

      We asked FT readers to share their views on the respectful parenting movement, and their relevant experiences — here is what they sent us

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      OutlookHannah Murphy
      Ever younger ‘kidfluencers’ face online dangers

      Thrust into stardom as young as five or six, can they understand the world they’re in?

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      UK employment
      Number of UK mothers in work reaches highest level for 20 years

      Three in four women with children are in jobs, showing pandemic pressures did not force women out of labour market

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Janan Ganesh
      Of American angels and British brats

      How the difference in parenting styles explains the two countries

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Jonathan Moules
      Why we must protect our cities’ adventure playgrounds

      Lack of funding, fearful parents and the car’s supremacy mean that children increasingly play in a way defined by adults

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      Can I stay on a UK visa while my daughter is at boarding school?

      Britain has strict rules governing foreign nationals with school age children

    • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
      ObituarySophie Freud
      Sophie Freud, academic and social worker, 1924-2022

      The famous psychoanalyst’s granddaughter spent much of her life publicly opposing his theories

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