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  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    The best books of the week
    What is a mother’s role?

    Three informative books offering first-hand perspectives of early motherhood are a reminder that raising children should be a collective responsibility

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    On a mission for the appliance of science to Japanese family life

    After stints at Google and Apple, Yoky Matsuoka is turning her tech focus on the home

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    How mothers shape their daughters’ careers

    Has working life changed for women? Two generations compare differences, similarities and what they learn from each other

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Stephen Bush
    World Book Day and the curse of adult homework

    After-school work requiring heavy involvement penalises the children of parents without much time or much money

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    Charles Calkin
    Introduce your children to your wealth manager

    Discussions can make managing your estate easier

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Stephen Bush
    It would pay for us all to be more honest about family advantage

    Hand-wringing about ‘nepo babies’ obscures some uncomfortable truths around class privilege

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Jo Ellison
    Smartphones? They’re so very 2022

    Gen Z’s teens are learning to self-moderate their screen time

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Data PointsFederica Cocco
    The UK’s adoption system is in peril

    Services for the most vulnerable in society are being undone by funding cuts and collapsing social care infrastructure

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Non-fiction for kids: big books for little people

    . . . but getting the messaging correct is not always child’s play

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    The misery of the always-switched-on parent

    My phone allows me to monitor my daughter’s late night journey home. But is that a good thing?

  • Friday, 30 December, 2022
    Camilla Cavendish
    Ambitious parents are instrumental in childhood’s modern malaise

    Parental anxiety is contagious but we constantly push for our children’s successes and intervene in their failures

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    FT readers respond
    What do you think about high childcare costs? FT readers respond

    We asked people about their experiences of childcare and their views on the UK system

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    A child’s eye view of the cost of living crisis

    From saving pocket money to better budgeting and giving to charity, children’s financial habits are changing

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    England’s childcare in crisis as costs rise and staff leave

    Pre-school provision suffering from a debilitating mix of under-investment, rising bills, shortages of qualified people and low morale

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    FT WealthFamily businesses
    Engaging the young in family business culture

    ‘A shared culture creates the basis on which a company can continue to prosper as control passes from one generation to the next’

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    FT SeriesThe HTSI Travel issue 2022
    How to travel with your children without losing your mind

    Tantrum-free travel, from luxury play-dens in the Maldives to Scottish camper-van escapes  

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    ReviewBiography and memoir
    Raising Raffi — reflections on the challenges of fatherhood

    A memoir by Russian-American writer Keith Gessen offers insight into all parental anxieties from birth to flying the nest

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    FT MagazineTim Bradshaw
    Should you share pictures of your kids on social media?

    It’s partly about safety, partly about consent — and partly about the speed at which tech is developing

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    Childcare
    FT reader survey: Childcare subsidies will help women return to the workplace

    Respondents call for policymakers and employers to help shoulder the costs

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    Childcare
    Childcare: female-led social enterprises tackle dysfunctional system

    A muddled mix of private providers and patchy government funding creates barriers for parents in the UK

  • Friday, 30 September, 2022
    Joy Lo Dico
    University is daunting — for a newly liberated parent

    I have to learn how to be an autonomous adult again

  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    FT readers respond
    How to help teenagers struggling with mental health — FT readers respond

    We asked our readers to share their experiences and tips on coping with anxiety and stress in young people

  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Stephen Bush
    Cosseting our kids is a good thing — mostly

    Protectiveness comes with some downsides, which states should try to mitigate

  • Monday, 8 August, 2022
    FT Magazine
    Gentle parenting, yes or no? FT readers respond

    We asked FT readers to share their views on the respectful parenting movement, and their relevant experiences — here is what they sent us

  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    OutlookHannah Murphy
    Ever younger ‘kidfluencers’ face online dangers

    Thrust into stardom as young as five or six, can they understand the world they’re in?

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