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Parenting

'We want people to think it could be their kid': Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence
TV

'We want people to think it could be their kid': Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence

The Boiling Point director's new four-part Netflix drama focuses on toxic masculinity
Why are self-employed dads like me being forced to make an impossible choice?
man and baby's hand
Marvyn Harrison

Why are self-employed dads like me being forced to make an impossible choice?

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'
Letter To My Younger Self

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'

The existential agony of being a parent
Sam Delaney

The existential agony of being a parent

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Travelling with kids, in-flight tensions and the joy of taking the middle way
The wing of an aeroplane
Sam Delaney

Travelling with kids, in-flight tensions and the joy of taking the middle way

‘After 200 rejections, Big Issue Recruit helped me land the ideal job for me’
Barriers to work

‘After 200 rejections, Big Issue Recruit helped me land the ideal job for me’

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
Jax Jones
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids
food poverty
Food poverty

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids

Spain is considering giving single parents double parental leave. Will the UK follow suit?
Global solutions

Spain is considering giving single parents double parental leave. Will the UK follow suit?

Two shows about parenting that will make anyone think twice about wanting kids
A baby in a laundry basket
TV

Two shows about parenting that will make anyone think twice about wanting kids

Louise Pentland: 'I definitely parent differently because I have lost a parent'
Parenting

Louise Pentland: 'I definitely parent differently because I have lost a parent'

10 ethical Father’s Day gifts from The Big Issue Shop
Children with Elephant Branded bags
Ethical Shopping

10 ethical Father’s Day gifts from The Big Issue Shop

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