Every year fireworks are lit across the city to celebrate Guy Fawkes’ failed plot to blow up Parliament and kill King James I.

Just 20% of the children adopted in England last year were over four, even though parents said that over-fours are much less demanding to care for, according to a survey by First4Adoption.

A new poll has found that mums and dads struggle to answer half of the questions posed to them by their children, whilst a quarter of parents may become liberal with the truth when answering philosophical queries.

Manchester children may be at a heightened risk of harm from paedophiles as police fail to reveal how often they give information about sexual offenders to concerned parents, warns the NSPCC.

Sale schoolkids have won a competition designed to get children from across Manchester teaching others about the impact of travel on our environment.

As the school summer holidays get well underway, mums – and dads across Manchester and indeed the whole country – will be worrying about whether or not their kids are safe while they’re stuck at work.

A Wigan couple will be braving new heights and jumping out of an aeroplane (don’t worry, with parachutes) to raise money for their ‘lovely’ friend’s local children’s charity.

Help can’t come soon enough for some of Manchester’s disadvantaged children and families but it will come sooner thanks to a new council initiative to build a better, brighter future for those in need.

This is the poetic plea of a brave Wythenshawe tot, Jessica Rooney, who cannot walk or talk and would love a walking frame to help her explore – and she needs your help to get it.

Is your child moody or aggressive? Are they staying out late drinking and taking goodness knows what else? Have they been skipping school or letting their grades slip? Are they a victim of child sexual exploitation?

The struggle to get kids to eat their food is a universal problem that parents everywhere from Manchester to Montreal are able to agree on.