We all wish happiness to our children. It’s natural. How achieve that? Frank and sincere conversations with them will help your child become a morally responsible, strong-willed, independent and confident...
There comes a point in deepest summer when every meal seems to end with the marriage of fruit and some sort of dairy produce. Ripe cherries with ricotta, gooseberries with...
My older sister and I have always had a rocky relationship. It started, my mother tells me, when I was brought home from hospital after being born and I was...
I am a 17-year-old girl from a conservative family. They were furious when they discovered I was dating. My boyfriend is of a different race and nationality, which exposes the...
There are lots of ways to bounce back from failure, and they all help you with building resilience. Everyone defines failure differently and most people will say that they learn...
In tech, it sometimes seems that you’re not remotely interesting unless you’re under 25 and “crushing it”. Even at the ripe old age of 34, I’ve been discriminated against, turned...
I cannot cope with my teenage son. He is my youngest, aged 14, with an older brother and sister, both in their early 20s, who have happy, successful, independent lives,...
Returning to the UK in 2010, Bellamy was keen to bring some of that “ancient meets modern” combination to her home, near Newcastle. Set in a former shipping magnate’s rural...
Our relationship with our 32-year-old daughter has broken down. She is the youngest of three. When she was a young teenager, there were heated arguments between her and her dad,...
I regrow my childhood with my children. Just warmer, brighter, better. They are grown now, too. Kala lives four doors away. In May we sow her summer flowers. I will...
