.It’s a great chance to play and explore – it’s a free and relaxing time for both parents and baby, a kind of wind-down time at the end of the day. Using bathtime as part of the bedtime routine signals to your baby that you’re moving towards the end

invention, the park bench, where you can feed your mind with a few lines of choice prose or poetry rather than tales of Thomas The Tank Engine.3. Train children to serve youRather than the parent serving the child, it should be the other way round. As soon

AS THE LONG, lazy days of summer stretch ahead of us, how do you envisage filling the days? With idle pursuits like relaxing walks in the park, watching the leaves shimmering in the breeze, maybe a spot of rock-pooling or making footprints

them with many academic skills, over-scheduling your child’s life takes her away from relaxing family time and socialising with peers, both of which are important for development. As well as this an overly anxious style of parenting may put undue stress

Family-friendly fun combines with luxury at The Elms Hotel & Spa in Worcestershire. Set within ten acres of beautiful gardens overlooking the Teme Valley, this Queen Ann mansion aims to make travelling with children just as relaxing as a romantic

Forty per cent of parents apparently take their own parents on holiday with them. To keep all the generations happy, here are tips for a relaxed holiday:- Don’t assume that grandparents are free babysitters – they may enjoy spending time

to the spa and leisure facilities, as well as lunch in the new Pear Terrace Brasserie. The hotel offers a Parents’ Revival Package which includes an hour’s treatment for two in the spa, two nights’ accommodation, lunch, evening babysitting and daytime crèche

Parents can recharge their batteries while children frolic on the beach at the Kempinski Hotel, Soma Bay, by the Red Sea. From windsurfing to pampering spa treatments… you decide how energetic you want to be. Families can also discover the joys

L'AlberetaLove is in the air at L’Albereta, when you treat yourself to this five-star hotel’s Family-Size Love offer. In the hills of Lombardy, overlooking Lake Iseo, parents can relax at the award-winning Chenot Spa or visit the Bellavista winery

Dubbed “A Week Of Sleep For Exhausted Parents”, the Almyra’s Hypnos Week Ritual aims to restore your sleep pattern. Treatments include reflexology, Oriental head massage and reiki alongside an Almyra signature bath. Your evening meals can include