Parents detail what life is like with 14 CHILDREN in new TLC reality series

A couple who has quintuplets, triplets, and two sets of twins is chronicling what life is like with 14 children in TLC’s new reality show Doubling Down with the Derricos. Karen and Deon Derrico have had four sets of multiples back to back, all of whom were conceived naturally. The series, which debuts next month, … Read more

Long Lost Family viewers are left in tears as a man discovers he was TIED UP by foster parents

Long Lost Family: What Happened Next viewers were left ‘sobbing’ last night after a man discovered he was tied up and left in the garden by his abusive foster parents. Thankfully, grandfather Geoffrey Tonks, from Staffordshire, has no recollection of the vile abuse he suffered and only found out about his cruel past after being reunited … Read more

Heartbroken parents share moment they told their son his dog had died after eating beach litter

Heartbroken parents reveal their family dog died after eating barbecue leftovers dumped on a beach – as they share moment they broke the news to their son, 5, in warning to others Francis and Nolan Howarth posted a video online as a warning to litter louts The footage showed their son Michael, five, in agony … Read more

Parents’ unwillingness to impose boundaries ‘spawned a generation of infantilised millennials’

Parents not enforcing boundaries and being unwilling to chastise children has led to a generation of ‘infantilised millennials’, according to a sociology professor. In his new book, Why Borders Matter, Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at Kent University, says a lack of clear boundaries created a childlike generation.   Not chastising children or using moral-based … Read more

Parents are forced to pay ten times more for children’s face masks than adult ones

Face-mask ‘rip-off’: Parents are forced to pay ten times more for children’s face masks than adult ones Dinosaur masks are priced at £13 each, while Frozen masks are billed at £11 This compares to adult face masks being priced at around £1 on average  Boris Johnson has warned face masks may also become compulsory in … Read more

Children’s Minister Vicky Ford accused of ‘demonising’ parents

Tory Children’s Minister Vicky Ford is accused of ‘demonising’ poor families by tweeting claim that ‘some parents are using free school meals vouchers for alcohol’ Minister claimed the meal vouchers were being spent on alcohol not food  By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 16:44 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 00:22 BST, 9 July 2020 … Read more

Parents reveal their children’s unintentionally hilarious works of art

Not one for the fridge! Parents share their children’s VERY funny drawings – from ‘Mummy with her lady bits’ to a questionable Mickey Mouse Sophie Law , from the UK, shared son’s amusing drawing of her on Twitter Revealed she made ‘famous depiction’ of her into keyring to be kept for eternity  Others took to … Read more

The £4bn cost of shut schools: Parents struggle to cope with childcare

Working parents are forfeiting £250 million in earnings every week as the continuing closure of schools and nurseries force them to cut down on work to look after their children, Money Mail can reveal. Families are losing an average of £36 per week from their household income as they struggle to cope with increased childcare … Read more

Coleen Rooney enjoys a family lunch with husband Wayne, their four kids and her parents in Cheshire

They have spent lockdown as a family in their Cheshire home. And Coleen Rooney and her husband Wayne made the most of the eased restrictions over the weekend as they went for a family lunch with her parents Tony and Collette.  The mother-of-four, 34, cut a stylish figure in a pretty blue shirt dress as … Read more

Parents are hoarding wealth to avoid children losing it in a divorce

Two thirds of parents are hanging onto money rather than giving early inheritances in case their children lose it in a divorce, new research reveals. Many believe that the coronavirus lockdown will trigger a rise in divorce rates, and are only gifting small amounts or giving directly to their grandchildren. Some 27 per cent of … Read more