medieval towns, such as Domfront. Follow the spiralling roads up into town and you’ll be greeted by its focal point: a medieval castle with panoramic views of the La Manche region. There’s even a children’s playground to keep children entertained, while

to be able to console, or entertain where necessary, but also know when to step back,” Linda McLean explains. “Dads can be the worst for putting pressure on their children.”Even if you’ve ticked all the right boxes, your address could stymie your child

for themselves, with its canopy bed, and indulge in treatments, champagne and oysters. Shopping at the Piazza Maria Luigia has everything from Bulgari to Diesel for you and Laura Biagiotti, La Perla and Moschino for your children. There’s live entertainment every

, with its canopy bed, and indulge in treatments, champagne and oysters. Shopping at the Piazza Maria Luigia has everything from Bulgari to Diesel for you and Laura Biagiotti, La Perla and Moschino for your children. There’s live entertainment every night

synchronicity about setting off for a family weekend with my parents and my two children, Grace, 15, and Joe, six. Our vehicle of choice this time was a big silver Chevrolet Saloon hire car, with me the slightly nervous driver at the wheel and my father now

so they can improve their ski skills year on year.Crystal Holidays has added a brand new service called Snuggle Club to its vast range of family services, in which children from six months to four years will be cared for and entertained while parents

to wake up to lift myself up to turn over. And what I really needed, exhausted by the days’ activities, was a good night’s rest.Where Butlins totally succeeds is in keeping your children entertained from the minute they wake up to the moment they go to bed

of accessible coastline, Brighton’s vast diversity is epitomised on its seafront, where vendors sit alongside artists’ studios and trendy bars. Children will love marching up and down the promenade, inhaling the tangy sea-salt air, which is why the Pirates

North EastBeamish ChristmasNovember 30–February 2Meet Santa in his fireside grotto at Beamish Museum and see the town and pit village arrayed in decorations from the 1900s.Time: 10am–4pm (Tues–Thurs). Cost: £16 (adults), £10 (children

importantly, with a brilliant Our Space children’s club, catering for children from eight months to 13 years, and a special games area for teens, which (once the children are happily entertained) leaves parents to indulge in a Roman Bathouse-style spa