These days more and more families are blended families. Which means more step-parents and step-children. Here Julia Kerr has a very honest look at her own family and her struggles to co-parent with her husband and she interviews him about what becoming a step-father to her son was like.

How can we stop devastating acts by mothers who are mentally ill? How can we support isolated mothers who are suffering from serious mental health issues? The first step, Julia Kerr believes, is changing the way we talk about mothers and mental illness to protect both children and their parents.

The decision to use medication to treat depression is a individual one – what's best for one person may not be so for another. Julia Kerr explains why antidepressants are the right choice for her, in a special post to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.