and ensure your child’s time at school is happy and fruitful. There are tricks to the trade, and, after teaching for over 25 years, I can guarantee that these 10 tips will earn you top marks with your child’s teacher.1 Treat teachers as professionals Most

Most parents find toddlerhood the hardest time to fly, mainly because your child is big enough to climb around on the seats but not old enough to read, play Nintendo or watch the in-flight video (although portable DVD players are a godsend). So from 18 months until about four, co...

1. Pick your screeningMany cinemas now offer special baby-friendly screenings for parents with very small children, where the other cinema goers will be more tolerant of any extra noise. For toddlers and older children you are likely to find a more child-friendly audience at duri...

There’s nothing as cute as a baby’s foot – soft, pink and perfectly formed. But how can you ensure your child’s feet stay as healthy (if not as adorable) as in her early years? There is a lot parents can do to keep tiny tootsies in tip-top condition

and detangler, it is less painful for their scalps and it will become routine at bathtime.Junior: Do you have any tips on nit prevention or treatment?Daniel Galvin Jr: Nits are always going to be a problem and I am forever asked the prevention question.I advise

Get into the habitAvoiding the daily battle to drag your child away from the television and towards a textbook can be as simple as implementing a regular routine. Set aside some study time every day for your child to focus on her work with you or another adult available nearby to...

It's easy to think that having twins could simply mean a double-dose of everything. Double the feeding, double the washing, double the nappy changing, double the clucks and coos from smitten passers-by... But it's not just a straightforward numbers game. Being the proud parents o...

We’ve included a recipe for fresh pasta (below). But first, here are some top tips from Carluccio’s to perfect your pasta:-    Whisk the eggs well before adding them to the flour-    Don’t add  all the egg at once – add 75 per cent, then add more

certainly to attempt air travel with your toddler, an activity that multiplies all the difficulties and stresses usually associated with air travel many times over. To help you get through this often traumatising experience, try following these top tips

“I was always a water baby,” says Rebecca. “Every family holiday there would be a big group of us, with the children spending practically every waking moment in the pool. I loved being in the water and was always pleading with my mum, ‘Please can we go swimming, please can we go ...