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That definitively onomatopoeic word has been bounding about this week: smacking. The very sound of the word delivering pain. I hear the word smack and feel the need to duck. This time it’s doctors – the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health – issuing a report to say that smacking can be damaging to children’s behaviour, health and wellbeing.
While no one parenting style is best for every family, take a look at seven most common parenting styles and how they affect kids.
Experts remind parents that it's normal if they don't like their kid's friends. However, they must not solve the problem alone but allow their kids to handle things, especially if they benefit from the friendship. The parent's role is to support and guide them.
Whether you're looking for parenting books for babies, toddlers or teens, here is our selection of the best parenting books around. Read more on Grazia.
I grew up in a household with four surnames. My mum had her maiden name, my stepdad his name, my brother his dad’s name, and I had my mum and my dad’s names. From a young age this meant I knew that not all families share a name, and that this has no effect on how loved we necessarily feel or how connected to each other we are. But growing up in a household with four surnames also meant that I witnessed just how much multi-name households can unsettle people observing our family from the outside. Bringing up the topic of surnames in 2021 can still produce quite visceral reactions. Anyone w...