A good group of friends are an essential part of ensuring you have a high quality of life. They are there to offer advice, company and a shoulder to cry on, and you are there to return the favour. You may find that at some point in your life, you find yourself without many true read more »

It is natural for the lives of parents to be concentrated around the needs of their family, so when the last child flies the nest it is only natural for couples to feel a slight void and perhaps as though they need to reconnect. Recent research has revealed that empty nest syndrome really isn’t as read more »

According to new research, children whose mothers return to work at some point during the first year after birth are less likely to become anxious or fight with their peers than those whose mothers stay at home. Until now, the majority of studies focussing on the effects of new mothers returning to work have suggested read more »

Listening to one another, sharing the household chores and ‘respecting’ your mother-in-law are just a few of the many tips consistently given to those who are looking to maintain a happy and healthy relationship. However, if these old hat tips aren’t really doing the trick then read on to discover some slightly more unorthodox approaches read more »

A pioneering new scheme which helps to improve the lives of the nations older generation is to be rolled out across the country. Southwark circle started in the London borough of Southwark back in 2009, with a primary aim of bringing older people together to do things they enjoy as well as providing them with read more »

A family division judge has warned that divorce could soon become as easy as getting a driving license. The judge in question, Sir Paul Coleridge, has suggested that people need to think more about the value of stable relationships in order to benefit the whole society. As it stands there are around 3.8 million children read more »

According to a recent study conducted by researcher Barbara Fiese, teenagers who eat meals with their family are up to 35 per cent less likely to suffer from an eating disorder. Professor Fiese made her discovery whilst reviewing 17 studies which focussed on the eating patterns and nutrition of almost 200,000 teenagers and children. What read more »

Does getting too comfortable in a relationship result in piling on the pounds? According to a recent study conducted at the University of North Carolina in the US, married women are more than twice as likely to be obese than their single friends. In fact, simply living with a partner can result in a 63 read more »

Research has revealed that happiness takes the form of a U shaped curve throughout life, dropping in a persons late 20′s and not recovering again until after the 50 years mark. Bert van Landeghem, an economist based at Maastricht University in Belgium has found that whilst young adults are care free and hopeful about life read more »

According to recent statistics there has been a 31 per cent increase in the number of middle-aged people living alone during the past decade. Figures from the Office for National Statistics have stated that in 2001 there were approximately 1.78 million individuals living alone aged between 45 and 64. Almost a decade later and that read more »