Blog List

Della Wolf Kangro Wiley Richards is the first child to be officially born with three parents. The little girl from Vancouver, British Columbia, was born to two lesbian parents Danielle Wiley and Anna Richards, as well as to her biological father, Shawn Kangro. Canada passed a Family Law Act in March of last year, which allows for up to four parents to be named on a child's birth certificate...

As the economic crisis continues to affect our pockets, it seems that the results are starting to take its toll on our state of mind as well. In a survey commissioned by children’s charity 4Children, it was found that adults today believe that their little ones will have a worse life than they have, due to harder family times. The results showed that a surprising 52% think that family life is...

We may be breaking away from the traditional route of marriage with a new trend emerging among many couples. A survey commissioned by Myriam Ben Yedder, UK managing director of American wedding store, found that nearly eight in ten women thought it was perfectly fine to become a mother before taking a trip down the aisle. The YouGov survey also discivered that 90% of adults are happy enough to buy...

According to a new UK poll, it seems it is not just students and young adults who binge drink as figures show that the problem extends to British mothers. The poll, which was commissioned by ITV’s This Morning, surveyed 1,000 mums with children under the age of 18. The results show that, of those surveyed, 28% admit to being drunk in front of their child with a quarter being so intoxicated they...

According to a recent study, teenagers whose parents threaten or shout at them are more likely to develop depression and disruptive behaviour. When the mother is both verbally and physically abusive and the father displays either of the forms of aggression, there is an increased risk of depression and poor behaviour in adolescents. Dr. Annette Mahoney, professor of psychology at Bowling Green...

A report by Girlguiding found that half of seven to 11 year olds wear make-up and a growing number of girls are unhappy with the way they look. The research involved nearly 1,300 respondents aged between seven and 21 and was conducted online under controlled conditions and also included face-to-face interviews. Of those surveyed, 51% of girls aged between 14 and 16 were unhappy with their...

Many mums may already be aware of this, but a new study suggests that children are a greater distraction to drivers than using a mobile phone. The research, conducted by the Monash University Accident Research Centre in Melbourne, analysed car journeys taken by 12 families with kids aged between 1 and 8 years old over a three week period. Each trip was filmed by a camera and in 90 of the 92 car...

Mums and dads in the UK will be able to split 50 weeks of parental leave under new Government plans which come into effect in April 2015. British fathers, who were only entitled to two weeks off, will now officially be able to take parental leave. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said it was time to change the “Edwardian” rules that only mums could take time off while dads had to go back after...

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister will unveil plans to allow new parents to share leave. Nick Clegg wants to break away from the “old-fashioned assumption” that women, rather than men, prefer to stay home to mind their children. The proposals have been the subject of a hot debate with the Institute of Directors saying it will be a “nightmare for small businesses.” The Confederation of...

The majority of mothers who return to work feel they are being pushed aside by employers. A new survey found that 75% of women found it harder to progress in their career after they had children. Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, said: “It is sadly still far too common for women to feel shoved aside at work because they’ve decided to have children. Aside from the obvious unfairness, it’s...