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ASK THE EXPERT:Children often choose one parent to comfort them in preference to the other, writes David Coleman

MY WIFE and I are the proud parents of two beautiful girls aged four-and-a-half and two-and-a-half. My wife works part time and I work full time. All of the caring and nurturing of our children is shared, as much as possible, equally.