- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Is children's homework too hard for parents?
Only a third of parents feel confident helping their child with homework.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
France to replace the words 'mother' and 'father' with 'parent 1' and 'parent 2'
The move is part of a bid to put an end to discrimination against same-sex parents.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Why 'Night owls' struggle with working 9 to 5
"They are constantly having to fight against their preferences and their innate rhythms."
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
MPs debate whether school day should start at 10am to help tired teenagers
It follows a petition calling for a later school day which garnered more than 183,000 signatures
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Debate breaks out online after PE teacher tells mum her 9-year-old needs to wear a bra
“Now my daughter thinks she has to cover up her non existent breasts.”
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Thousands of school children to practice mindfulness and meditation in a bid to improve mental health
The move is being launched as part of Children's Mental Health Week
StyleMarie Claire DorkingMum sparks debate with claims schools should ban snow days
“I think we’re just a little bit premature sometimes, we see a snowflake and we become a snowflake."
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Can parents take time off work if their child's school shuts due to snow?
Snow days: great for kids, stressful for working parents!
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Parents could be fined £1,000 per child for taking family on a term time holiday
That's an expensive getaway.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
School children to be taught 'boys can have periods too' in new sex education move
The move is designed to support transgender pupils
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
School puts £50 limit on spending on teachers' gifts at Christmas
How much is too much to spend on your child's teacher?
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Toilet training children is not a teacher's job, says Ofsted chief
Children are starting school without basic skills.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Children put off fruit by 'inedible' produce handed out at school
"Pears are under-ripe and hard, carrots have been sweating in bags for days."
- StyleDanielle Fowler
High school bans designer coats to prevent 'poverty-shaming'
But the decision has left parents divided.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Mumsnet user called into daughter's school by 'lunch box police' over a mini chocolate bar
"Seems like a gigantic waste of everyone's time."
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Would you delay your 'summer baby' starting school for a year?
Thousands of parents choose to do this.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Parents divided by school's plans to ditch traditional uniform for hoodies and tracksuit bottoms
The school claim it will help support a more "active curriculum."
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Mum causes controversy after explaining why she's not sending her 4-year-old to school
A mum has explained why she's chosen not to send her son to school at four.
- StyleYahoo Style UK team
Should parents buy new school uniforms every year?
A waste of money or a parenting must?
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Mum sparks debate about whether it's ok to change her 4-year-old's name as it's 'too common'
“Are you crazy! She's 4! You can't change her name."
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
How young is too young for sex education at school?
A mum has taken to the Internet to ask if seven or eight is too young to be taught about the birds and the bees.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
The science behind taking children on a term-time holiday
Are there any benefits of taking your children on holiday in term-time, aside from the price?
- StyleYahoo Style UK team
British parents are spending way less time helping their children with homework than in other countries
Only 11% of British parents spend an hour a day helping children with homework
