• May 2 2026
  Social affairs

  Paranoid parenting in the age of AI

  It’s an illusion to think we can robot-proof our kids’ education choices

  Camilla Cavendish

  
• April 27 2026
  Social affairs

  Why London’s teens need more third spaces

  At a time when young people are either demonised for staying in or going out, youth clubs are more important than ever

  Emma Jacobs

  
• April 15 2026
  Personal Finance

  Reader callout: Do you worry you’re giving your children bad financial advice?

  University, property, investments — some of the pillars of sound financial guidance are being tested

  
• March 27 2026
  Politics

  British parents told to limit screen time for under-5s to one hour a day

  UK issues guidance while drawing up options to restrict children’s use of social media

  
• March 20 2026
  Life & Arts

  FT Magazine. Can Jane Austen help my teenager?

  The writer’s Regency settings hold lessons for making friends on social media

  Miranda Green

  
• March 20 2026
  Marriage and divorce

  Divorced parents cite Middle East war to break custody deals, lawyers say

  Divorced couples use war in Gulf as ‘opportunistic’ reason to break custody agreements, say lawyers

  
• March 6 2026
  Women in Business

  Couples navigate their new money dynamics

  The number of women who out-earn their male partners is growing but social attitudes are still catching up

  
• March 4 2026
  Working from home

  Could working from home solve the global fertility crisis?

  New research shows allowing more flexibility to fit jobs around family could enable people to have more children

  
• February 25 2026
  Ageing Populations

  To raise low birth rates, we must help mothers

  Easing the child penalty in the labour market could also increase fertility

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 18 2026
  Healthcare

  The Big Read. Maternity care is broken in the UK. Who can fix it?

  Giving birth is getting riskier, midwives are stretched to exhaustion and families must navigate a lottery of care

  
• February 16 2026
  China

  Lunar New Year brings nonstop nagging for childless Chinese

  Young people are sharing tips on how to deflect parental inquisitions during the holidays

  Eleanor Olcott

  
• February 11 2026
  Demographics and population

  Why are fertility rates collapsing? Gender roles

  A big part of female graduates’ decision to have children depends on how they expect their husbands to behave

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 10 2026
  Non-Fiction

  Wild Things — Barbara Wansbrough’s 59 love letters to her departed sister

  A memoir about grief and shared family trauma that is beautifully written, poetic and wise

  
• January 28 2026
  Social Media

  Protecting children from social media is not moral panic

  The dangers of addictive platforms are more comparable to smoking than rock music

  Justine Roberts

  
• January 24 2026
  Social affairs

  The Beckham family feud is bending our minds

  Anyone who thinks they know where blame lies in a family is deluded — doubly so with a dynasty

  Emma Jacobs

  
• January 7 2026
  Insight & Comment

  What is the ‘best’ way to divorce for our children?

  My wife and I have decided to separate but we have two youngsters with special educational needs

  Lucy Warwick-Ching

  
• December 23 2025
  HTSI

  Christmas without my mum, Skye Gyngell

  Evie Henderson, founder of The Yellow World, on motherhood and grief

  
• December 8 2025
  Interiors

  Turbocharged playrooms for the ‘smartphone-free childhood’ crew

  Old-school games and play areas — where nothing glows, pings or scrolls — are being amped up in luxe family-friendly residences

  
• December 5 2025
  House & Home Festive Special 2025

  ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’? The highs and lows of multigenerational living

  Families pile in together for the festive season, but given societal shifts, should more of us be considering it as a permanent arrangement?

  
• November 14 2025
  Youth unemployment

  Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated

  A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics

  John Burn-Murdoch

  
• November 12 2025
  Social Media

  Tackling social media’s ‘monster’ problem

  Banning addictive apps for children is not about restricting free speech, but defending free will

  John Thornhill

  
• November 8 2025
  Social affairs

  Fathers and sons — a two-minute television fable

  The tear-jerking John Lewis Christmas ad reveals a new seriousness about the fraying bond at the heart of the family

  Ed Davies

  
• November 7 2025
  Life & Arts

  What if your nest gets fuller (not emptier)?

  In these days of high property prices and tough job markets, the lure of free lodgings is lasting longer

  Robert Shrimsley

  
• November 5 2025
  Insight & Comment

  Can my children who board at a UK school stay with us when we visit?

  As my partner and I don’t have British or settled status, we’ve been told they cannot reside with us for a weekend or half-term break. Is this right?

  Lucy Warwick-Ching

  
• October 31 2025
  Life & Arts

  What’s so funny about fathers?

  Mock away. We know you’ll come running when there’s a spider to be trapped under a glass

  Robert Shrimsley