No country for young children
Italy’s population is declining rapidly. The country is far from unique — the same issue is being faced by many
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Category: Family
How we’re raising future politicians
Dear reader, I am on maternity leave, and I scheduled this story before I took a break so that you
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Why maternity leave is crucial
Over the past few weeks, I felt that my pregnancy had become a chore. I was trying to stay fit
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The most expensive and dangerous place for children
Last year, I left Lorenzo with my mother for an hour so that I could do a therapy session. We
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Who gets to make decisions for a child?
Photo credit: Picturehouse Entertainment A child walks into a courtroom to sue his parents. When the judge asks him why,
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When children feel like a burden
When do children become a burden rather than a joy? I’m not ready for the question that Nacho, my husband,
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Humanising childbirth: less silence about the violence
We don’t remember when we were born — let alone the circumstances and the scene that day. They’re not really
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‘Zika babies’ — and the stories that should not fall off our radar
It’s been six years since the Brazilian government declared a national public health emergency for Zika — a mosquito-borne virus
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What my child is teaching me about travelling
We’re on the road. We left Greece a couple of weeks ago for the first time in over a year
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Sweet summer memories, or the love between children and grandparents
In Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book, Grandmother and her grand-daughter Sophia co-exist on a tiny island in the Finnish Gulf
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