'Helicopter parents' fill in Ucas forms

The universities admissions service said that it had allowed parents to act as proxy in their child's search for a place

Computer ‘villains’ are just savvy kids

The rapidly increasing speed of broadband connections has allowed consumers to share and copy vast media files

Ten-year-olds to be tested for cholesterol

The tests aim to detect familial hypercholesterolaemia, the commonest genetic disorder among Europeans

Dad Rules

In Edinburgh, I’m out, I’m family-less and I’m grateful. Talk has never been so cheap; lager never tasted more luxurious

Slummy Mummy: "One lie many makes"

Slummy Mummy tries to explain her meeting with Sexy Domesticated Dad to her husband

Do try this at home

Entertaining ideas for modern families. This week: Garden variety

How gardening helped me with grief

My father pressed a book with a faded green cover into my hands. "I want you to have this. It was my first gardening book."

Ask your father: Mummy, can I have a toy gun?

Expert advice on what to do when your four-year-old asks: Mummy, can I have a toy gun like Alfie's?

Richard leads names in decline

Once the favourite name of kings, now it must be his summer of discontent as the number of babies called Richard plummets

Food prices push inflation to 16-year high

Hopes that the Bank of England might soon cut interest rates have been dashed by inflation levels not seen since 1992