School & Family

Expert health advice, school and education guides, healthy family recipes, what to buy for your growing child – plus family activities and days out reviews

Children painting

Easy painting ideas for kids

6 ways to encourage your child to be curious – and why it’s a life skill that matters

10 best books for 7 year olds

How to set up parental controls on Disney Plus

little girls sitting next to their mothers on an airplane

How to sit families together on a flight

how to make dinosaur eggs

How to make frozen dinosaur eggs to thrill your kids: step by step with video

Need-to-know school stuff

teacher with children in a primary school classroom

10 questions to ask when visiting a primary school

teacher talking to and playing with child during a home visit

The teacher's home visit: everything you need to know

mother's hands taking a picture on her phone of her son in his school uniform on the first day of school

Top tips for the first day of school

boy with teacher as he completes his baseline reception test

Reception baseline assessment for 4-year-olds

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Need-to-know health stuff

Child itching hand scabies

Cases on the rise in the UKScabies and children: how to spot it, treat it and get rid of it

children spots and rashes

Spots and rashes in pictures in children, toddlers & babies

part of dehydration chart for children: 50 shades of wee

Is your child dehydrated? Check this '50 shades of wee' urine chart

scarlet fever rash on white skin and on black skin

Scarlet fever in children: signs, symptoms and treatment

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Best family buys

10 of the best first pedal bikes for kids, tried and tested

8 of the best mattresses for 2025 – tried and tested

Best toys for 6 year olds 2025, tried and tested by parents and children

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Family recipes

Family and kids recipes

Annabel Karmel's chicken satay skewers

Family and kids recipes

Fiona Cairns' Little Monsters Cupcakes

Family and kids recipes

Annabel Karmel's shortbread sweetheart biscuits

Family and kids recipes

Chinese-style pancakes

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Family activities and days out

Header Image showing two children on Go Kart at Ice Cream Farm

10 of the best days out in Manchester and the North West of England for families

Legoland for 5 to 9-year-olds - best rides and queue tips

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Family days out

10 of the best family days out in Cornwall

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Latest product reviews

aerial view of Eurocamp La Croix du Vieux Pont in France

Travel and holidays

Eurocamp review: La Croix du Vieux Pont, France

Travel and holidays

Review: Disneyland Paris, France

MFM OUTWELL Starhill 6A tent review

Travel and holidays

OUTWELL Starhill 6A tent review

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