Connie Jeske Crane

Your child may be perfectly safe unsupervised, but are you? When other parents disapprove of your free-range style, know what’s allowed.

Too much pressure, pushy parents and not enough fun are just a few of the reasons.

All that worrying over the mortgage, the consistency of the baby’s poo, where to buy a good lice comb – it can drain the humour from our very souls.

Kicking the habit is hard, but is the growing disapproval of smoking making it even harder for parents?

Two summers ago, our son, then seven, complained of chest pains and a headache after winding down an active day with some friends. We found out our healthy, athletic, Energizer-bunny of a son had a heart condition.