Horsemeat scandal ‘could make pupils switch to unhealthy packed lunches’

Nutritionist warns that parents may be put off canteen meals, but just 1% of packed lunches meet nutritional standards

My six-year-old still wears nappies

Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader worried that her son has to wear nappies at night because she hasn't trained him not to

A charity is helping children cope with the death of a parent and express grief through writing and playing songs. Stephanie Theobald listens in

Ros Wynne-Jones: Breastmilk could save 830,000 babies' lives a year. Westerners squeamish about warnings on packets should see the big picture

Pupils want to know about puberty and their changing bodies, rather than the mechanics of sex, says Clare Horton

The author talks to Carole Cadwalladr about his 11-year mission to write an epic about family strife and his own challenges as a gay father

My kids are at the centre of family life - I was peripheral to my parents' universe. By Tim Lott

Tim Adams is moved by a study of how disability, crime or illness test the limits of parental love

A year-long campaign is calling for good quality lessons on more than just the biology of puberty and reproduction. Lucy Emmerson explains

Zoe Williams: Fear of sexualisation is used by conservatives to traduce liberal values and invade the privacy of teenagers

Emma Brockes on a moving and thorough examination of parental love and acceptance

Labour shadow public health minister will discuss sexualisation of childhood in speech to the Fabian Society women's network

Boris Johnson launches £650,000 programme to provide healthy food to children in capital's most deprived boroughs

Supermarkets and manufacturers told to get 'their house in order' or face laws to curb high levels of sugar and fat in food

Labour targets foods that can be over one-third sugar as OECD report says English children are among fattest in Europe