All mother articles
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ArticleThe unexpected way social media helped my son beat depression
Rhiannon Goulding reveals how her son found help online through depression, and believes that our children can navigate the online world well if we set good boundaries and show we trust them
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ArticleHow to prepare your children for a world that isn’t a fairy tale
Rhiannon Goulding urges us to ensure our children know that not all endings in life are like the ones found in Disney films
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ArticleHow a teenage daughter and her mum found Jesus together
Mother and daughter, Samantha and Mia Taylor, became Christians after Mia felt drawn to buy a Bible, having lost her friend to knife crime
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ArticleAdoption gives us the deeper meaning of family and faith
Rhiannon Goulding shares how her adopted son came to feel a part of their family – and how this mirrors our own stories of faith
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ArticleEvery moment counts with our children
Rhiannon Goulding encourages us to think about how we involve our children in the everyday tasks of life, sharing how drawing her own children in taught them vital life lessons and developed their characters
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ArticleHow old is too old to have a baby?
Dr Becky Howie shares both the stats and the stories to remind us that ‘age matters, but it is not the final word’
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ArticleThree times God gave me the same message
Signs & Wonders in everyday life - Your stories of God’s intervention
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ArticleI’m fine…until I’m not
Based on an extract from her latest book, I’m Fine. Really?, life coach Darla Nelson looks at why we often hide our true emotions and how honesty sets us free
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ArticleNotes on parenting... celebrate with care this Christmas
Rhiannon Goulding shares her wisdom and experience on how to enjoy Christmas within a blended family
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ArticleWill you still love my children?
Rhiannon Goulding shares what happened when some of her children ‘came out’
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ArticleMy thoughts as a Christian sex historian on children being same-sex attracted
Dr Lisa Nolland responds to a previous Great Sexpections question about a mother whose eleven-year-old recently told her he is attracted to other boys, affirming the need for compassion while raising concerns about current cultural messages around youth and sexuality
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ArticleLiving grace-filled lives and the power to forgive
Rhiannon Goulding shares moments in her own family’s history where there were moments both to offer and receive forgiveness
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Article‘Will I lose them forever?’
Rhiannon Goulding reflects on the various transitions her family has gone through as their children have grown up, and how she has had to adapt
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ArticleAbortions are not to be celebrated
Lily Allen’s inflammatory comments have outraged Christians and non-Christians alike. Especially when, Hope Bonarcher asserts, women have been created by God to birth life, encouragement and hope
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ArticleThe untold stories of motherhood
Every week Dr Sarah-Louise Hurst, a perinatal clinical psychologist, listens to women who are struggling after difficult births and/or finding it hard to bond with their babies. She believes it is time such women are given space outside the therapy room to be heard, supported – and no longer shamed
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ArticleWomenswear designer Karen Millen has shamed mothers who breastfeed beyond six months
As a midwife, Michelle Tant was appalled at the response to a viral video of a woman breastfeeding her toddler and points to Bible references giving credence to its benefits
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Article‘For the first time in my life, I’m being regularly prompted to think seriously about the prospect of me as a mother’
Dr Belle Tindall unpacks our society’s confused response to motherhood
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OpinionWomenswear designer Karen Millen has shamed mothers who breastfeed beyond six months
As a midwife, Michelle Tant was appalled at the response to a viral video of a woman breastfeeding her toddler and points to Bible references giving credence to its benefits.
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OpinionActor, Chris Evans and the Bible both point to honouring our mothers
Not many of us will have the opportunity to turn away from the glitz and glamour of Cannes to honour our mothers, but that is exactly what Hollyword star, Chris Evans did,’ says Jemimah Wright.
