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I feel hypocritical promising to protect my 10 godchildren from evil
The traditions of christenings niggle me, but I’m overjoyed to have been bestowed the honour of becoming some sort of mentor
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Dear Richard Madeley: Why does my friend insist on sharing the details of his sex life?
We’re not prudes and we’re glad he’s found love at his age, but we don’t know how to respond
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Dear Richard Madeley: How can I ask friends and family not to judge my eating habits?
I would never say to anyone that what they were eating was ‘too much’
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Dear Richard Madeley: Should I rejoin my wife’s female-dominated book club?
I don’t want to start going again if I’ll be made to feel unwelcome
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Dear Richard Madeley: My friend made a drunken pass at my wife – should I confront him?
Whilst this may have been an inebriated mistake, my inner voice tells me a talking-to is needed
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Dear Richard Madeley: One of my friends won’t shut up about herself
I am beginning to dread our weekly meetings, as the conversation always ends up being about her
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Dear Richard Madeley: An old (now married) ‘friend with benefits’ has hinted she wants a fling
Even though her wedding was just this year, she’s sent me intimate messages that hint at a reconciliation
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Dear Richard Madeley: I only have months left to live – and there is tension between me and my sister
She’s under a lot of pressure as my carer, but I don’t want our little time together to be consumed by rage and bitterness
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I was devastated when my children left home – but then I started to enjoy it
An empty nest opens up more time for your hobbies and relationships. But how do you maintain those benefits when the children return?
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Dear Richard Madeley: My pregnant daughter has told me I’m being too ‘pushy’
I’m only trying to help, but I’m scared that I’ll ruin my relationship with her
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How the Scouts became this year’s most in-demand children’s club
Thanks to the pressures of modern life and the pandemic, the Scout organisation is stronger than ever – with a 100,000-strong waiting list
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£250 gift vouchers and a brace of pheasants: how Christmas gifts for teachers got out of hand
In the middle of a cost of living crisis, being gift-shamed by other parents is the last thing anyone needs – but it hasn’t stopped some...
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The ‘tough love’ school that puts its pupils in a boxing ring
For teenagers excluded from mainstream education, an academy in east London offers a fresh start with life skills taught by throwing punches
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Schools that get the most pupils into Russell Group universities: search your area with our postcode tool
With places at the UK’s top universities limited, which schools are the top recruiting grounds for the Russell Group institutions?
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‘My daughter had a meltdown and never returned to school’
The struggle for some children to remain in class is not a simple case of truancy. Here parents and children share their stories
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Ban smartphones from schools, says major UN report
Report warns excessive mobile phone use is associated with poor educational performance and emotional instability
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‘My child was missing school because of illness – but I was accused of making things up’
A broken education system is the reason so many pupils are missing from class, argues one struggling mother
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Would you tutor your toddler to pass the 4+ exam?
From now until February, selective schools will be testing under-fives to determine to whom they should offer a place – cue parental panic
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How to stop your children's learning regress this summer
Research shows that the long break can set children’s learning back by a month. Here's how to keep them engaged and still have fun
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Of course people have sex in prison – I was one of them
The isolating nature of life behind bars left me lusting after a fellow inmate, so I know how easily cases like Linda De Sousa Abreu happen
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My husband wants us to share all our meals – and strops if we don’t
Before he retired, I lived to a wonderful carefree snacking schedule. Now he wants a formal sit-down meal thrice daily
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How will my teenage stepdaughter react to seeing her dad disappearing into my bedroom?
‘Blended’ families are on the rise – but steering a course to step-parenthood is tricky and often agonising
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‘I’ve decided to give up drinking. How will my friends react?’
I don’t like the way I behave when I drink and my hangovers are awful
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My wife won’t stop talking and it’s driving me mad
Now that I’ve retired, her never-ending monologue is impossible to escape. It’s even impacting my ability to think clearly
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How to navigate the bewildering world of midlife dating
If the myriad of apps and confusing new terminology feels daunting, try these simple tips to help you get back in the game
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Dear Richard Madeley: I killed all the plants my parents gifted me – how do I cover this up?
I never inherited their green-thumb gene – and now that they’re coming to stay, I’ll need to address the damage
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‘I want to be a grandparent but my daughter doesn’t want children’
With the UK’s birth rate at its lowest since records began, experts offer advice to the people navigating later life without grandchildren
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My in-laws blame the grandchildren for every sniffle
Cases of shingles, flu and chest infections have been unfairly levelled at our kids – and I’m sick of the situation
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The grandparents sacrificing their retirement to pay for rocketing school fees
The pressure on parents to pay the bills for private education is forcing older generations to step in – and resulting in family tension
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I’m 102, stuck in a luxury care home, and bored sick of Vera Lynn
Keith Herdman is an anomaly at his residence, being mentally fit and physically mobile. He wrote to The Telegraph to explain his plight
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Fred Trump III: ‘Donald was the kind of child who could drive almost anyone around the bend’
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Dear Richard Madeley: I suspect my husband is cheating on me
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Dear Richard Madeley: My wife wants me to take down the ‘raunchy’ poster in my office
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Thanks to the pressures of modern life and the pandemic, the Scout organisation is stronger than ever – with a 100,000-strong waiting list
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My wife won’t stop talking and it’s driving me mad
Now that I’ve retired, her never-ending monologue is impossible to escape. It’s even impacting my ability to think clearly
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‘My sibling died and my parents never talked about her again’
Dealing with grief at a young age is difficult. How should we help children deal with bereavement?
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Dear Richard Madeley: My mother’s incessant criticism is dragging me down
None of my siblings get the same level of micro-management as I do. How do I confront her?
