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by Michael Fitzpatrick

I often think it is strange that parents ask me - as a GP - for advice on matters of child-rearing.
It is understandable that parents should seek medical advice about their children's coughs and fevers, even about teething and nappy rashes. But why turn to a doctor for help with sleeping and feeding problems, toilet-training, tantrums and bad behaviour?

by Helen Bonnick

No, it's not the kids this time. For there is another group of people who receive a bad press and no one speaks up for them