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    Wednesday Feb 1

    Family matters: A question of favourites

    A comment from her young daughter has mother-of-two Louisa Wilkins in a parental panic. Can you favour one child over another without even realising it?

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    Wednesday Feb 1

    When I grow up I want to be thin

    When a child from an affluent part of the planet starves themselves out of fear of being fat, that horror becomes the responsibility of society. Louisa Wilkins finds out why childhood eating disorders are on the rise and what parents can do to prevent them

  • story 3
    Sunday Jan 15

    Kids' gear: Knits

    Keep your children snuggly in one of these winter warmers

  • story 4
    Tuesday Jan 3

    Debate: Is it OK to put your kids on a diet?

    Ensuring your children have a healthy diet is part of parenting, but if they are overweight, is it acceptable to limit their intake?

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    Sunday Jan 1

    Family matters: Being creative with reality

    Is there anything wrong with a little bending of the truth? Mother-of-two Louisa Wilkins comes face to face with her child's first fib and finds that not all lies were created equal

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    Sunday Jan 1

    Adoption in the UAE

    What does it involve? And where do you start? Louisa Wilkins speaks to the experts - the psychologists who make it happen, and the parents who have been through it - to find out exactly how to go about it and what to expect

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    Thursday Dec 1

    How to help boost your child's confidence

    How different would your life have been if you'd had a booster jab of confidence at age nine? Louisa Wilkins speaks to life coach Adam Zargar about how he's combining his teaching experience with coaching methods to give children a head start in life

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    Thursday Dec 1

    Family matters: Out with tomboyism

    A tomboy mother with a daughter who embraces her inner girlyness, Louisa Wilkins ponders the gender issue and asks if parents are to blame

  • story 9
    Tuesday Nov 1

    Boost your child's self-confidence

    Samantha Dobson tackles some of the most common problems children face and recommends activities to overcome them.

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    Tuesday Nov 1

    Is it OK for a child under 13 to use Facebook?

    As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg campaigns for pre-teens to have legal access to his social networking site, we ask if this would be helpful or harmful to today's children.

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