IN THE WINTER ISSUE OF FAMILIES TOGETHER

Dear Agony Atkins …
Teenage torment, adultery anguish, and tricky thank you notes, Anne Atkins looks back on her favourite advice column letters

Lowdown
Getting messy, family prayer and hundreds happily-ever-afters – Lowdown looks at the latest in family news

Bye bye baby
Lorraine Wylie looks at how parents can tackle one of the hardest aspects of raising children – eventually letting them go

Joy and pain
How do you parent with chronic pain? Anna Whitehouse was hoping to start a family when she discovered she had fibromyalgia

Faith like a child
The Mother’s Union looks at how to encourage children to discover God for themselves

Babe in paradise
Sun, sand and swim-nappies, Margaret Storey takes her small family on a Mastersun adventure

Slippery slope
Jane Bullivant and her family explore the thrills and spills of the Tamworth Snow Dome

Supernature
Robert Fielding battles the forces of nature to take his technology-addicted brood on a family camping trip

I hate you! I hate you!
Do you have to deal with an abusive child? What are the warning signs to look for? Sue Andrews looks at coping with child-terrors and explains how AAC (Adults Abused by Children) can help

Growing through pain
Joanne Appleton talks to Pete and Mandy English of Losing Someone Close, about helping children deal with death

Window Shopping
From cutting-edge fiction and edge of your seat adventure, to 100 ways to change your world and Christmas tales from around the globe, check out books your whole family will love