Starting school is always an emotional experience. Many children are thrilled by the prospect of uniforms and reading books; others find the whole idea terrifying. And some children simply refuse to go. Last year, my little boy Sam was never going

(around £25). Advertising pays considerably more than editorial work but it is also much harder to get. “Loads of children go to auditions for commercials and it is really competitive," says Denise Sellers. But who’s to say you won’t get lucky? “You just

check-in queues, 2am flights, BA strikes or volcanic ash panic. During the school holidays, we enjoy walking in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. We rented a cottage one year, but now try to house-swap with families with similar-aged children

THE TIME HAS come for us to admit that feminists were wrong. There’s too much pressure on women to have it all. Something has to give. It’s either our career, children, marriage or sanity, but something has to go on the back burner. A couple

, and their many life-learning adventures in 100 Acre Wood. 5We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury Walker, £5.99 (first published 1993)A much-loved spoken-word game for small children evolved into Michael Rosen’s poetic book. A