A letter to… my little brother who passed away

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‘I would have dropped everything, done anything for you’: the letter you always wanted to writeWhen anyone asks whether I have any siblings, I say I have a younger brother. Some people ask...

Home alone with the baby… and gruesome Scandi crime drama

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Parenting tasks are multiplied by two, banana pulp is everywhere – but at least there’s TV murderFor the first time since my son was born, I am parenting alone. My wife’s trip to...

I met my girlfriend’s parents – and realised I once slept with her father

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She is everything to me and I was going to propose – but now he has told me to end it with herFive years ago, I went through a bi phase and used...

Domestic abuse survivors and children sleeping rough, survey finds

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Women unable to get refuge place also having to sofa-surf or stay with abuserSurvivors of domestic abuse and their children are being forced to sleep rough as they struggle to find safe accommodation, a...

Why Is My Family So Mean to My Daughter?

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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding,I’m a single mom and my daughter is 4. She’s bright, funny, generous, and headstrong. Like most 4-year-olds, she occasionally cops some attitude, like...

The Transformation Of Dating Over The Years

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Ever wondered how your parents and grandparents dated? You have seen their black and white couple photos in albums but never really cared what it was really like to date back then or if...

Poundland’s engagement ring: who says romance is dead?

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They’re being sold as fun placeholders – so the couple can then choose together. But with money tight and marriage in decline, maybe they’re the real dealGood news for all romantics out there...

Should all couples sleep apart?

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Ford has invented a mattress that ‘nudges’ you if you start crowding your partner – but beds are for more than just sleepingIn the same week that a Kickstarter campaign was set up to fund...

‘We tenderly drop the vibrator into the bin’: how I Marie Kondo’d my whole...

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The Netflix series has sparked a whole new wave of tidying. But can I apply her minimalist approach to my love life, friendships and diet?Marie Kondo is the latestin a long line of...

A feminist’s guide to raising boys

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Before I became a mother, I thought my feminism was a battle fought and won. But having three sons has challenged everythingIt’s always the things you think will be a doddle that end...

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