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Pregnancy & birth

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• Ovulation: what are the signs?
• Sex of your baby: can you choose?
• Exercise: should you exercise when you're pregnant?
• Morning sickness: what causes pregnancy nausea?
• Pre-eclampsia: what's the cause and how is it treated?
• Ultrasound markers: what are they?
• Alcohol: is drinking safe during pregnancy?
• Antibiotics: are they safe to take during pregnancy?
• Diet – is low-carb eating safe during pregnancy?
• Cleaning products: are they safe to use during pregnancy?

Baby & toddler 0-3

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• Belly button: how to look after your baby's navel
• Clinginess: why children can be clingy
• Teething: when does it start?
• Swaddling: should babies be swaddled?
• Bottle cleaning: do bottles need to be sterilised?
• Wind: how to burp a baby
• Dummies: should you give a baby a dummy?
• Crying: the reasons babies cry
• Crying: how to comfort your baby
• Night feeds: for how long should babies have them?

Kids 4-12

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• Toilet training: do children have to be toilet trained when they start school?
• Teacher problems: what to do when your child doesn't like his teacher
• Puberty: when to talk to your child about puberty
• Sex: when to talk to your child about sex
• Periods: when to talk about periods with your daughter
• Bad language: how to stop your child using rude words
• Imagination: how to encourage your child's imagination
• Volatile tweens: why pre-teens are so volatile
• Mobile phones: should a 12-year-old have a mobile phone?
• Self-esteem: how to boost a pre-teen's self-esteem?

Safety

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• Stranger danger: how to warn your child about strangers
• Internet safety: how to keep your child safe on the internet
• Swimming: should kids be forced to learn to swim
• Bicycle helmets: do helmets reduce injuries?

Development

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• Religious education: is religious education (RE) in school compulsory?
• Seeing: what a baby can see
• Hearing: how much a baby can hear
• Reflexes: all about rooting, sucking, grasping, etc...
• Smiling: when does smiling start?
• Baby signing: what is it?
• Crawling: when a baby first starts to crawl
• ADHD: how to tell if a child is hyperactive or just lively
• CAF: what is the Common Assessment Framework (CAF)?
• Asperger's syndrome: the facts

Health and fitness

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• Can complementary remedies relieve everyday ailments in children?
• Is it okay for a 10-year-old to shave her legs?
• Pelvic floor exercises: why you should do pelvic floor exercises when you're pregnant
• Should fat kids diet?
• Will playing on computers and games consoles give kids RSI?
• How do I convince my (slim) preteen that she's not fat?
• Should my daughter have the new HPV vaccination against cervical cancer?
• Can you do anything to prevent a baby developing asthma and hay fever?
• How can you keep your child's eczema under control?
• What is colic?

Food

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• Any ideas for healthy, inexpensive lunchbox meals?
• Is organic food better for kids?
• How do E numbers and other additives affect children's behaviour?

Education

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• How can you help kids cope with a new school when you've moved?
• What do you need to know to be a parent governor?
• What can you do when your child hates school?
• How much should you help your tween with homework?
• How can you help if your child's being bullied?
• Why do new children often disrupt the class?
• What does a parent governor do?
• How do you prevent your child getting head lice?
• Why don't they have nit nurses in schools any more?
• What does helping on a school trip involve?

You and your family

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• How can you stop being worried all the time?
• How can you feel happier and more fulfilled?
• Feel like you're turning into your mother?
• How can you stop feeling exhausted and fed up?
• How much should grandparents help?
• How can parents keep their relationship alive?
• Can shared custody work for kids?
• Sibling: what happens when you want another baby, but your partner says no?
• Should you stay together for the children's sake?
• How can you teach your child about right and wrong?

Activities

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• How much screen time should pre-teens be allowed?
• How can you keep kids active when the weather's bad?
• Should children do after-school activities?
• Which activities make the best family days out?
• Is boredom good for kids?

Celebrations

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• Do too many Christmas presents turn kids into spoilt brats?
• How do you handle family expectations over Christmas?

Travel

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• How old does my child have to be to travel alone on a train or plane?
• Could living abroad offer your family a better life?
• How can you have a family holiday on a budget?
• How can you have a relaxing holiday with young children?