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Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/25/hundreds-of-uk-teenagers-to-trial-six-week-social-media-curbs-for-major-study #SocialMediaBan #SocialMedia #Technology #Politics #UkNews #YoungPeople #Society #ParentsAndParenting #MentalHealth
Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study

Government’s pilot ban for under-16s accompanies consultation as peers vote on Australia-style restrictions

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
Three-quarters of nine-month-olds in England have ‘daily screen time’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/england-babies-daily-screen-time #ChildrensHealth #EducationPolicy #Education #England #Society #UkNews #Children #ParentsAndParenting #Family #LifeAndStyle
Three-quarters of nine-month-olds in England have ‘daily screen time’

Study showed average time on screens each day was 41 minutes, with some watching more than three hours a day

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US news | The GuardianMar 14
US immigrant parents are taking intense precautions in case of detention: ‘I need to prepare for the worst’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/us-immigrant-parents-preparation-detention #UsImmigration #ParentsAndParenting #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #TrumpAdministration #Children #UsNews #UsPolitics
US immigrant parents are taking intense precautions in case of detention: ‘I need to prepare for the worst’

From wills and guardianship papers to advance healthcare directives, parents are anticipating dying in custody or being deported without warning

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 13
A Melbourne rooftop: the glittering night sky opened our hearts and minds to each other | Tony Birch https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/14/melbourne-rooftop-glittering-night-sky #AustralianBooks #Melbourne #Books #Family #ParentsAndParenting #AustraliaNews #YoungPeople
A Melbourne rooftop: the glittering night sky opened our hearts and minds to each other

While anxious parents worried about unplanned sex, we occupied ourselves with matters more profound

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World news | The GuardianMar 13
Short tempers and legal threats: UK teachers report rise in problem parents https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/mar/13/teachers-mental-heath-parents-behaviour-education #Teaching #Schools #TeachersWorkload #TradeUnions #ParentsAndParenting #Ofsted #Education #UkNews
Short tempers and legal threats: UK teachers report rise in problem parents

Rudeness, social media posts and AI-generated complaints among issues harming staff wellbeing, union survey finds

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World news | The GuardianMar 8
UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/08/uk-performing-arts-industry-inhospitable-to-parents-research-mothers #Theatre #Culture #Stage #ParentsAndParenting #Children #Gender #ArtAndDesign #Society #UkNews #GemmaArterton
UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns

Long hours, lack of flexibility and last-minute scheduling driving parents, particularly mothers, from industry

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 8
My teenager is exploring her spirituality. I support her leap of faith, even as a non-religious parent | Jackie Bailey https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/09/parenting-teenager-exploring-spirituality-religion #ParentsAndParenting #Religion #Family #LifeAndStyle #Christianity #Psychology
My teenager is exploring her spirituality. I support her leap of faith, even as a non-religious parent

My daughter is dipping her toes into sacred waters, seeing what it feels like to surrender and finding a sense of meaning to life that is bigger than herself

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Science | The GuardianFeb 28
‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/28/how-dna-test-changed-my-life-ivf-family #Family #ParentsAndParenting #Genealogy #LifeAndStyle #FertilityProblems #Ivf #Health #Society #Genetics #Biology #Science #AutobiographyAndMemoir #BiographyBooks #Books #Culture
‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down

When I found out my father had been adopted, I was curious to know more about his side of the family. Nothing could have prepared me for what I would discover …

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World news | The GuardianFeb 26
What is the national maternity and neonatal investigation and why was it launched? https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/feb/26/what-is-the-national-maternity-and-neonatal-investigation-and-why-launched #Nhs #Pregnancy #Childbirth #Hospitals #England #Society #Women #ParentsAndParenting #HealthWellbeing #WomensHealth #UkNews #CareQualityCommissionCqc #Health
What is the national maternity and neonatal investigation and why was it launched?

From racism to staff shortages, the interim report found a host of deep-rooted issues affecting women and babies

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Opinion | The Guardian USFeb 16
I was told my inability to conceive a second child was a ‘mystery’. In fact I was simply ignored https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/unexplained-infertility-endometriosis-womens-pain #FertilityProblems #Pregnancy #WomensHealth #Family #ParentsAndParenting #Health #Endometriosis
I was told my inability to conceive a second child was a ‘mystery’. In fact I was simply ignored

Women’s pain is routinely minimised, normalised, or psychologised. In fertility medicine, this dismissal is compounded by an industry structured around efficiency rather than care

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