Mental Wellbeing

As your parents age, you’ll find they need more support from you – even if they’re not suffering from a particular illness or condition. So how do you make sure you’re not forgetting yourself when you have to take on the responsibility of caring for them?

Some relationships are toxic to our bodies as well as our minds. Why do we let them get this way? By learning to recognise them and root them out, we can put our energies into more nurturing bonds

Whether you’re the one leaving, or the one left behind, the inevitable separation of parents and children as the latter grow up and move on can be exciting and painful, for both sides. As the last of her three children prepares to leave home, Raffaella Barker pauses to listen to the silence and ponder what happens next

A difficult mother will criticise your efforts and choices and sees you as a possession or a reflection on her, writes Dr Terri Apter. So how do you respond calmly? Thea Anderson has some tips

Ilona Boniwell explains how to help your family put world events into some kind of context

Parenting can be tough, says Ilona Boniwell, and managing your own parents and in-laws can be tougher. But with careful negotiation and respect, you can create happy family relations

Our agony aunt Mary Fenwick offers a new perspective on the challenges and problems that you face…

Stuart Jeffries gets to the bottom of what men worry about