Sitting more than eight GCSEs can actually make school pupils ill, reports BBC News.

The new children’s commissioner Maggie Atkinson believes this new revelation could be related to the fact that society puts children under too much pressure to succeed.
She believes that limiting exams and reducing the homework load would enable children to have read more »

Women spend most of their lives worrying about the emotional roller-coaster that is the menopause. Hot flushes, depression, insomnia, irritability as well as feelings of isolation and a lack of purpose doesn’t exactly sound like a walk in the park. However a recent article in The Times actually highlighted the good things that can come read more »

You have an extremely important deadline looming for a report at work. It needs to be on your bosses next at 9am the next morning and you have only written the first sentence, so what do you do? Put on the kettle, do some research, have a bath, do a brain storm, walk the dog?
Procrastination read more »

Despite most of us holding monogamy in high esteem, it would seem we are less willing to commit to only one person than we will admit reports The Times.
Statistics state that although monogamy is expected by 95% of couples, 27% of 18-39 year old men and 18% of women reported that during their most read more »

We usually associate the issue of ‘coming out’ and revealing that we are gay as something that teenagers/children struggle to tell their parents, but what about when it is the other way round? How does a parent tell their children that they are gay?
An interesting letter recently appeared on The Guardian website which tackled the read more »

According to research, if you are a man then a happy marriage can cut your risk of a stroke, reports The Daily Mail.
The study was completed by Tel Aviv University, who followed 10,059 Israeli council workers and civil servants. The investigation began back in the 60’s when the participants completed a heart disease questionnaire. read more »

It would seem that everyone is at it. Cheryl Cole has allegedly ended her marriage because of it, Tiger Woods got himself into a pickle over it and even that nice Vernon Kay has been doing it. Sex texting seems to be the preferred choice of infidelity.
It may not be physical but nevertheless can read more »

Waking up and already being at work or strolling into the office in your PJ’s sounds like a dream. Chat to a client whilst you are mopping the floor and just think of all the money you’ll be saving on travel and work lunches, it makes you wonder why anyone actually goes into the office read more »

According to recent surveys many parents would like more support and better access to services, reports The Guardian.

A survey conducted by charity YouGov has found that as little as 3% of those taking part said job centres were family friendly, leading parents to believe that public services are failing to meet their needs and read more »

As we age we will undoubtedly downsize our social lives and we will accept that we will no longer be able to be the centre of attention. This may be a comfort to some of us, but to others it will feel like we are losing our status.
On top of this we will also begin read more »