Formula 1 for one of you, Frieze for another, Lewis Capaldi for the teens and the Mother of the Nation Festival for the little ones. More than 40 Abu Dhabi events running through to early 2027, with dates for each.

Free screenings across all seven emirates, a sewing day for comfort cushions, coaching for families affected, and a pink matcha that donates with every cup. Eleven ways to get checked, find support or give back this Pink October.

A good interview tells you how someone presents for an hour. It does not tell you how they respond in an emergency, or follow your rules when you are not there. Lynsay Kilbane on what to ask, check and put in writing before you hire.

Pumpkin painting, costume contests, a live wrestling adventure and Goosebumps under the stars. Six Dubai options for Halloween weekend, with dates, prices and booking details, including two that cost nothing.

Dubai Safari Park reopened today for Season 8, and the first week lands right in mid-term break. A base camp for younger kids, a clay station, lawn games and a new stage show, alongside the safari tours and animal encounters.

Parents going through baby loss should not have to work out their employment rights alone. Employment lawyer Thenji Moyo on what UAE Labour Law currently provides, where the gaps sit, and what employers can choose to do instead.

Baby Loss Awareness Week runs 9 to 15 October. Love Through Loss GCC returns for a sixth year with a free day of online sessions, a therapeutic art morning, and a Wave of Light remembrance in Dubai on 17 October.

Amreen Iqbal has four children, a jewellery brand and no interest in chasing a fifty-fifty split. On building Piece of You, turning her children's sketches into real pieces, and why ambition and family were never presented to them as opposites.

The school email, the WhatsApp group, the calendar, the notebook on the counter. None of it is difficult on its own. Nazia Jawwad on why one person in every family ends up holding all of it, and why that is not an organisation problem.

A student can generate twenty ideas before picking up a pencil. Arts lead Alina Nistor on what still has to happen slowly, why the classroom needs room to be wrong, and the part of teaching no tool replaces.

The outdoor season is back. The Ripe Market returns to Academy Park on 10 October for its fifteenth year, with weekends running to May. Ten things worth doing on opening weekend, which happens to land in mid-term break.

Your child has almost certainly used AI this week, whether you set it up or not. Where it actually sits in their day, what the research shows about homework and companion apps, and the UAE rules most parents have not heard about yet.

Books are competing with YouTube, gaming and group chats, which is exactly why a great school librarian matters. The Emirates Literature Foundation's 2026 winners, and why reading for pleasure is the phrase parents should hold onto.

A psychotherapist on why so many mothers still suffer in silence, what actually helps, and where to start in the UAE.

Sleep consultant Julie Mallon’s biggest piece of advice, and perhaps the one most parents will recognise immediately: “Please stop treating your sleep as the leftover part of your day.”

Travel, nursery bug swaps and the jump from heat to air conditioning make it feel like something is always going around. Dr Sadeem Bashiti on whether flu season still exists here, what the vaccine actually covers, and when to stop watching the thermometer.

"I want to try wrestling." Most parents say no in the first ten seconds. Mohammad Al Shehhi on what actually happens in the room, why being bad at something in front of people matters, and the case for giving it a month.

Five fully paid working days, available to both parents, usable in one block or split across six months. What employment lawyer Shiraz Sethi says UAE private-sector parents should know, including why mums are entitled too.

Uniforms, devices, bus fees and the more expensive pencil case. Charis Marr on turning back-to-school spending into money lessons, with what actually lands at each age from under sevens to university leavers.

Dinner got later, one more episode became three, and now the 6am alarm is real. Sleep consultant Yasmine Gaddis on shifting bedtime back without a two-week fight, plus naps, screen curfews and first-day nerves.