Charlotte Cripps

The new craze of using lower-than-recommended dosages of weight loss drugs to slim down might sound tempting, says Charlotte Cripps, but counting the clicks is no way to live

As Gen Alpha beg their parents for £50 retinol creams and host parties at popular beauty retailers, Charlotte Cripps, a mum of two, explains why she’s stepping back from the ‘Sephora kids’ trend before it’s too late

One in four kids start school without being fully potty-trained, writes mum-of-two Charlotte Cripps. Don’t blame the nappies, blame the parents

‘I don’t want to make money from a baby – that’s not what surrogacy is about for me’

Please spare a thought for parents like me who are off work over half-term, says Charlotte Cripps. I’d far rather be eating a Pret A Manger sandwich at my desk than spending all my cash at a soft play

Trying to conceive (TTC) videos are a growing trend on TikTok with pregnancy tests unfolding in real time. It’s just what some women need to not feel alone, says Charlotte Cripps

Trying to conceive (TTC) videos are a growing trend on TikTok with pregnancy tests unfolding in real time. It’s just what some women need to not feel alone, says Charlotte Cripps

Some social media users have attacked Collins for using a surrogate, accusing her of being part of an ‘unethical trend’. But, says Charlotte Cripps, rather than judging her, should we be asking ourselves why this surrogacy story has hit such a raw nerve?

Andrew Swann, a TV director for news and current affairs, always knew he wanted to be a dad. But when his relationship with his boyfriend broke down after four years, he decided to try for a baby on his own. He speaks to Charlotte Cripps

With society still conditioned to regard men primarily as the breadwinner, what’s the reality like on the ground for dads who take on most of the childcare? Charlotte Cripps, who has two young daughters herself, finds out why so many men still baulk at bringing up baby, and talks to those who have taken the plunge

Food phobias are on the rise, particularly among children. So can a three-hour session with one of the world’s most sought-after practitioners for those with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder help cure Charlotte Cripps’s eight-year-old daughter Lola, who won’t eat anything except fish fingers and pizza? She took Lola along to find out

A growing number of expectant mothers are opting for C-sections rather than a natural birth, but judgement about the procedure remains, writes Charlotte Cripps

A psychologist has claimed that there’s a chemical reason that we’re drawn to wild and hopefully tameable men – and it’s come as a relief to Charlotte Cripps

Scaling back on Christmas presents isn’t a bad thing, but is it going to send shockwaves into the heart of my family Christmas, asks Charlotte Cripps – and backfire on me disastrously?

Weight-loss jabs have become so normalised in adult life, it won’t be long before children are pestering their parents to have a go, says Charlotte Cripps – who knows what her answer will be…

We no longer treat our dogs as faithful companions. These days we give them blueberry facials, feed them freshly cooked food, and treat them as though they were our children. Charlotte Cripps, who admits to mollycoddling her own dog, Muggles, ventures into the world of excessive dog parenting, and asks whether we have gone too far

Animal rescuer Lynea Lattanzio has been taking in cats since 1992 – and so many that she ended up having to vacate her five-bedroom California home. Now aged 76, she tells Charlotte Cripps that she’s finally ready to reclaim her life

Rachael Doman, 40, always knew she and her husband Paul wanted children, but after seven years of failed IVF attempts, she went down the foster-to-adopt route. She tells Charlotte Cripps about the massive shock that happened next

Recently, Charlotte Cripps’s six-year-old suddenly decided she didn’t want her photo taken, and certainly not posted on social media without her approval. But was this just an example of a child creating their own boundaries, or something more bleak?

As a binge eater, Charlotte Cripps thought the slimming wonder drug would offer a miracle cure for her cravings. She found out the hard way that wasn’t to be…