jockeys can trot off on night-time rides, departing at sunset for a candlelit dinner in the nearby forest. A week’s full board costs from £834 per person, including two paddock lessons, two half-day country rides and a night-time ride.  Check out Junior

summer.  E is for eastern promiseAlthough the majority of cruises are in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, new routes are always opening up. Italian line Costa Cruises has adventurous itineraries on family-friendly ships, with cruises out of Dubai

London it’s already turned to a dirty, depressing slush), entering Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest, feels like arriving in our very own winter wonderland. To add to the sense of occasion, we are met by Kathleen, our dedicated host for the next few days, who

child’s ability to form loving relationships.” So you don’t have to be perfect, you just need to look for ways to nurture your child’s sense of joy about the wonders of love.More psychology from Junior:Bring out your child's inner performerFive reasons

and temples and a day of safari action in one of the few places in the world it’s possible to see wild tiger before culminating in both a dawn and an evening trip to the stunning Taj Mahal.How much? £795 per adult and children six years plus for an eight

-term breaks and school holidays. If you’re travelling out of season, bear in mind that there may not be many, or indeed any, school-age children there, which will be less fun for a sociable child (or great fun for a child who likes attention from grown

hometown of Brighton. As parents to Woody, 11 and Nelly, two, Cook and his famous other half Zoe Ball still cut a pretty groovy dash but have cut back on their wild partying ways. These days, they are more likely to be spotted chilling out on the beach

. And that's as much as he'll say about his secret school life. Mostly he says he did nothing all day, or he can't remember, or he's too tired to talk about it.OCTOBEROn Thursdays, I help out with a parents' baking lesson. You get through two groups

we’d pulled up from the marshes earlier in the day. The salty smell of the sea mixes with the woody scent of the fire and my two boys are looking at me with unadulterated excitement. Sticky berry juice is dripping down their chins and their T

of the window at a group of boys his age doing star jumps into the water and paddling their own canoes. We made a break for it eventually, Ben didn’t want to miss out on Christmas. And what was Christmas day like in Borneo? Well, Father Christmas still kept his