Mothers looking to create a better balance between career and family will pick up a few tips from one woman who has turned it into a fine art and writes about her experience in the latest issue of Child out tomorrow free with The Times.

The magazine for parents takes its mission seriously, featuring several other articles with information that help readers make important decisions about bringing up their children. They range from insights into handling difficult teenagers to the importance of avoiding fights in front of the kids; the supporting role fathers can have for new mothers to keeping the peace in the family during Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas, interviews with children who’ve dumped the Santa Claus myth makes for entertaining reading, as do readers’ anecdotes about the funniest things their child has ever told them.

And don’t let your son or daughter lose out on an opportunity to take part in a fabulous competition – they can win backstage passes to this year’s panto at the Manoel Theatre!