Parenting

features@algarveresident.com The health watchdog in the UK has said that all expectant mothers should be offered water births – as they are the safest form of pain relief during labour.

By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has

By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has

Sleeping pills for children are among the world’s worst products, according to the global consumer group, Consumers International, who recently announced its 2007 world’s worst products. A Japanese pharmaceutical firm

By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has

By: SUZY TURNER features@algarveresident.com Suzy Turner has lived in Portugal for 22 years and works as a freelance writer. As well as putting pen to paper for The Resident’s parenting

features@algarveresident.com Youngsters who watch too much television are likely to suffer later behavioural problems – but researchers have said that children may be able to reverse the damage. The Johns

Summer holiday time is fast approaching and, if you are travelling with young children or babies, it can be advantageous to pre-book your airline seats online. With Monarch, for example,

By ANDREA CLIFFORD-POSTON features@algarveresident.com Andrea Clifford-Poston is an educational psychotherapist and author of Tweens: What to Expect From and How to Survive Your Child’s Pre-Teenage Years (published by Oneworld), When