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The NHS lacks compassion when it comes to breastfeeding
Share After her newborn son was diagnosed with tongue-tie – which hinders feeding naturally – Sally Peck was astonished to be told on no account was she to offer her hungry boy formula milk to stop him from howling. Why is the NHS so against formula? Family Advice – the latest news, comment and advice on family
The 20 most useful dating websites
Share As the internet plays an ever greater part in our social lives, with sites such as Facebook helping us to keep in touch with our friends, it’s inevitable that we also use it to help us run our love lives as well. Here is the pick of the best dating sites. Family Advice – the latest news, comment and advice on family
Children’s Notebook: Pocket-friendly fashion
Share American brand J Crew is on track to give our home-grown brands a run for their money; plus, creative colouring-in books and Bugsy-Malone-style splurge guns. Family Advice – the latest news, comment and advice on family
Skirting the Issue: How not to let your children behave
Share “I’ll never let my kids do that”, says Louisa Peacock, who describes the pain and horror of seeing other people’s kids behave how they wish while the mother and father ignore them – where has all the discipline gone? Family Advice – the latest news, comment and advice on family
My brother hanged himself and it ripped our family apart. What about us?
Share Suicide is now the biggest killer of young men in Britain and is ripping families apart. It is time to break the taboo of what it does to those left behind, says Emma Bird whose brother hanged himself. Family Advice – the latest news, comment and advice on family
Pyjamas that read your child a story: the most ridiculous invention?
Share A hi-tech pair of pyjamas can now read your kids a bedtime story. Once upon a time, parents thought nothing of doing this themselves – and long may that tradition continue, argues mother Laura Perrins. Family Advice – the latest news, comment and advice on family


