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11/02/2010
Groundbreaking Channel 4 series, The Sex Education Show, which gained
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Return of the boomerang kids
People in their 50s and 60s are often referred to as the ‘Sandwich Generation’ - having parents as well as children and grandchildren to worry about. But the signs are that things can only get more challenging as increasing numbers of people in their 20s and 30s return home to ‘Hotel Mum and Dad’. Kate Morley reports.
Nothing replaces a family...
One MT reader describes her experiences of childlessness, following our article in the November issue of Mature Times.
How can you heal a fragmented family?
What do you do if your son’s marriage or long term relationship ends acrimoniously and you are prevented from seeing your grandchildren? Jean Hateley offers some helpful suggestions.
Britain's baby boomers left holding the baby
The UK’s grandparents are saving parents just over £5 billion each year in childcare costs, a new research study reveals today. Nearly 6.1 million grandparents look after their grandchildren on a weekly basis for free, according to a new study by over 50s insurer RIAS. On average, grandparents spend over 5 hours every week providing childcare for their grandchildren, saving families up to £860 a year in childcare costs`.
Sex in later life
Many of the people who were there at the beginning of ‘the sexual revolution’ are now in their 60s and 70s. But while many of us, in later years, can find sex a source of pleasure and intimacy, for others it can generate embarrassment and even resentment. Jean Hateley spent many years as a sex therapist before retiring. Here she gives her assessment of the role that sex can play in our later years.
When grandchildren don’t come along…
Involuntary childlessness affects as many as one in 10 couples, often having a huge emotional and physical impact on those unable to have a family. Later, when friends and relatives go on to have grandchildren, that sense of loss and exclusion is amplified. Lesley Benson talks to Mature Times about her own experiences of ‘grandchildlessness’.
British pensioners regret not having had more romance
A new survey reveals that many British pensioners would have done things very differently if they could turn the clock back and have their time again.
It's official: sex gets better with age
Older people just won’t lie down it seems. Mature Times editor looks at a new study from Sweden which shows that an increasing number of 70 year olds are having good sex and more often - with women in this age group particularly satisfied with their sex lives.
The most honest age revealed
Honesty, it seems, is something that waxes and wanes with years.
According to a new poll, the older you get, the more honest you become … that is until you reach 64.
What Brits get up to at bedtime...
A new survey has thrown up some quirky facts about what Brits today get up to when they hit the sheets.
Enjoying sex - after the menopause
Of all the menopausal symptoms to affect a woman's libido, vaginal dryness can be the most difficult to cope with. But there are natural ways to overcome the problem.
The rise - and rise - of the "Frisky Fifties"
A new survey has revealed that - some things at least - only get better as you get older. According to a new Saga survey, sex is less pressurised after 50 according to a large majority (85 per cent), and seven out of ten find sex a more fulfilling experience than in younger years.
Boost your sex life in middle age - naturally
Natural health guru Maryon Stewart offers her advice to older women looking to pep up their personal lives
Help keep your marriage on track with the 'Relationship Rescuers' - for free !
More people will start divorce proceedings this week than on any other time of the year. Christmas is being blamed for putting the nail in the coffin of many marriages and Relationship experts and divorce lawyers say this is their busiest time of year. In order to reverse this trend, renowned Relationship Couple and Authors Tony and Nicki Vee who are launching a new initiative called “Help Save a Million Relationships”.
