USA Dying dad writes book to show his toddler son how much he loves him He wanted "to do something thoughtful for his son to show him how much he loved him." 29/07/2019
World Switzerland and the UK ranked among the worst countries for families According to a new report from the UN's children charity, Switzerland and the UK are among the least family friendly places in Europe. 13/06/2019
Sweden New mothers' health improves if fathers can stay home, study claims The research, conducted by two Stanford economists, studied the effects of a reform in Sweden introducing more flexibility in the parental leave system 05/06/2019
Good Morning Europe Syrian families search for over 140,000 detained or missing Eight years into the Syrian Civil War, families are trying to find those detained or missing. 14/05/2019
Italy Protests in Italy as far-right party holds family values conference Demonstrators say long-established rights like abortion and divorce are under threat 31/03/2019
world news What are the origins of Mother's Day around the world? For many countries the commercial success of Mother's Day is inspired by the US — but what about its origins? 31/03/2019
Hungary You might recognise the couple in this Hungarian government campaign There is amusement in Hungary about the choice of picture. 14/03/2019
World French schools could replace 'mother and father' with 'parent 1 and 2' A children's guardians could no longer be labelled “mother” and “father” on official French school documents, but “parent 1” and “parent 2”. 16/02/2019
United Kingdom Take granny on holiday, minister urges Brits Conservative MP Mims Davies says British families should take inspiration from those in Mediterranean countries. 01/01/2019
France French lower house approves parental smacking ban The law does not set punishments for offenders, and has to be approved by the Senate before going in the statute books. 01/12/2018
View Dads aren’t babysitters, they’re parents | View Why sharing child-raising responsibilities more equally can be good for everyone involved. 25/09/2018
Denmark Why some Danes are moving abroad in order to live at home Denmark's immigration laws make it harder for its own citizens than for residents of other EU countries to bring in foreign partners. 10/09/2018
South Korea Families divided by Korean war reunite after decades Families in North and South Korea are attending the 21st official reunion since the Korean war resulted in the division of the peninsula 19/08/2018
Greece Relatives of Greece fire victims demand answers Following last month's deadly wildfire in Greece relatives of the victims are demanding answers as to how the rescue operation went so wrong 06/08/2018
Germany Germany: Family reunification programme starts again for refugees It's after the government in 2016, suspended the right for asylum seekers to bring immediate family members. But the new rules mean only a 1,000 people per month will be chosen 01/08/2018
World Feeling good: positive stories from the week Studies have shown that increasing positive emotions has a powerful effect on our general wellbeing. This is why we’d like to introduce you to our roundup of some of the brightest stories from this week. 13/07/2018
Sport In pictures: Players' kids hit the pitch at World Cup Take a look at some of the sweetest moments as football players share centre stage with their nearest and dearest. 11/07/2018
Germany German police fine parents for pulling kids out of school for holiday Bavarian police have fined 10 families for trying to take their kids on holiday during the school term. 21/05/2018
Indonesia Indonesian police say sucide bombing family attacks Surabaya police headquarters Family dies in attack but eight-year-old child survives, while at least one police officer dies and several other victims are wounded a day after an Islamic militant family is blamed for bombing three churches in country's second city, killing 13. 14/05/2018
Indonesia Family of six behind wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia Police say a mother and her two daughters, one of them a 9 year old, blew themselves up while the father and two sons targeted two other places of worship. 13/05/2018
