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A week in Wales with a lifeboat of fellow passengers reaps surprising results
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My wife left me and the kids home alone and went for dinner. I absolutely aced bedtime – and I know the boys agree -
I love book club, I say, my voice creased and crackling. Who knew? -
From screen time to teenage rebellion, it’s easy to feel that children are slipping out of your grasp. Trusting your instincts can help -
Letters: Val Spouge disagrees with Fiona Sturges that looking after children is all-consuming and boring. Kate Dillon advocates walking to school
Opinion
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A mother was arrested this week for allegedly abusing her kids for ‘hilarious’ videos. Why are people watching this stuff, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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Sweeping the subject of working mothers under the carpet only implies there isn’t a problem, says freelance writer Fiona Sturges -
Parents have a remarkable knack of fooling themselves about entitlement, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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I nearly cut my finger off – but at least the boy finally met an all-important milestone -
Giving out earphones and sweets to fellow airline passengers sends the wrong message
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Boarding without your baby is the sort of thing that can happen in the utterly disorienting world of new parenthood, says writer Nell Frizzell
Advice
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If you want to try to mend things, you need to pick your best mode of communication, says Annalisa Barbieri -
She was violent and abusive when I was a child so I’ve cut ties. But now that I need a copy of her passport, she refuses to help -
Sexual healing My wife believes it is normal to lose interest in sex post-menopause – but I disagree
I’m 50, she is 48 and her sex drive has plummeted. The situation is starting to damage our relationship -
Threaten legal action if this creep doesn’t apologise and provide evidence the photos have been deleted, says Mariella Frostrup
Love & sex
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Sam, 23, PR account executive, meets Luke, 23, masters student
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The woman who has been involuntarily celibate for 13 years -
Editorial: Damaging both to the producers and the consumers, online pornography is finally being tackled
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Robin, 30, and Cat Lang, 31, are teachers and live in Bradford with their two children. They met at secondary school and have been together since they were 16 -
I’m 50, she is 48 and her sex drive has plummeted. The situation is starting to damage our relationship
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How do you keep intimacy alive in a long-term relationship? More and more people are marking it on their calendars, and trying to stick to the commitment
How we live together: the single dad and the teenage son