Dear Diane, My daughter, who is 11, has an unusual name and hates it. She always has to spell it out for people and no-one can pronounce it correctly. I feel this is all my fault because I was very young when I had her, and felt it was “cool” to give her a first […]

I read in the paper about a café where staff asked a mother not to breastfeed in public and I noticed it whipped up quite a controversy...

Dear Diane, My daughter has made a new friend and while this girl is great on her own, as soon as she sees her two sisters they argue non-stop.

I still have to ask – how do you stop a toddler from saying “no” to everything?

Dear Diane, We think our six-year-old girl is very pretty and other people have said so too. I’d like to sign her up for modelling or acting...

Dear Diane, I’m a solo mother living in the city with little family support, and I feel as if I never get to go out because there’s no-one to look after my son and daughter...

Dear Diane, Why is it every time I pick up the phone to call a friend or have a catch-up with my mother or stepmother, my children go berserk?

Dear Diane, How do you help a four-year-old with poor impulse control? My son Lewis does the same thing over and over again.

Dear Diane, My child got a bad concussion playing a game at school and I’ve been really overprotective ever since.

Dear Diane, Has anyone ever worked out how much pocket money is appropriate for each age?