Sending your kids to school is a big decision for parents to make. Not only are you entrusting the school with your child’s learning and academics, but you’re also placing in their hands your child’s safety. But whether intentional or not, accidents can happen. Administrators have the responsibility of ensuring the school is safe for…
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5 DIY Projects That Will Help You Connect With Your Kids
Read moreStringing new ideas together in a fun and interesting way is at the core of innovation, and can be learned by doing a project with your kids. Summer is upon us, and for many kids the extra free time may be a welcome change from the routine of school and after-school activities. But be wary,…
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Old Age Doesn’t Come Alone (My Mum)
Read moreMy mum has recently been in hospital for quite a lengthy stay and in fact at the time of writing this she has been in hospital for 18 days with no sign at the moment of her being discharged. Sixteen days ago on a Monday teatime I got a call from the alarm people that…
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[AD] Childcare Offer for Wales Helping Working Parents Financially
Read moreIt is mid-December and I’m sure like me, a lot of you are right in the middle of getting ready for Christmas. As a father of five children it is not a cheap time of year. For us as a married couple the strain on our finances are worse during the Christmas run up, than…
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The Ultimate Guide To Showing That You Care’
Read moreIn the time of coronavirus, our psyche has been rocked. What we took for granted in our lives has had to morph into a new normal. At the beginning of the year, you were probably planning for your summer vacation and looking forward to spending some time with family and friends. This has now been…
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[ad] Easy Ways To Bust Gender Stereotypes At Home
Read moreGender stereotyping is everywhere. We see it in the workplace, where men and women still fall into the same job roles. We see it in children’s storybooks, where women are still the caregivers and mengo off to work. And we might even see it within people’s homes, where a mum might say “a woman’s work is never…
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[ad] The Perils Of Parenting: How To Help Your Kids Become Safe Drivers
Read moreThere are few things more terrifying for parents than their teenagers starting to drive. That first lesson marks the start of watching out of the window with bated breath and devoting far too much time to awaiting news of a safe arrival. If you’re preparing for life with a learner in your midst, here are…
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[ad] 10 Top Tips For Surviving the Divorce Process
Read moreFinding the divorce process to be a difficult and emotional task? For my top tips on surviving a divorce, both mentally and physically, read on… For some, the divorce process can be trying matter. Especially for the unwilling divorcees who may still be in love with their partner, this can be heart-breaking. Whether you’re at…
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[ad]Children and Mental Health: What to Know?
Read moreMental health is an issue for many people in the United States, and what we might not always realise as parents is that children can have mental health disorders as well as adults. For children, there may be situational events that trigger symptoms of a mental health disorder, or it may be ongoing. Regardless of…
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It Seems Such An Effort For People To Be Kind In Today’s World
Read moreA percentage of people in our world today have evolved into a grab all and not give their fellow human beings a thought of how their actions could be making somebody unhappy. This selfish behaviour is now so out of control that I personally worry about how our children are going to behave as they…
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How to Help Prepare Your Child for Life at College
Read moreIt may only seem like five minutes since your kid took their first steps, uttered their first words, and started school. It turns out that all those well-worn parenting clichés were, in fact, true — all of them. Kids do grow up too fast, they really aren’t babies for very long, and parenting teenagers may…
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[ad] Lessons We Need to Teach Our Kids
Read moreWe all hope and wish that our kids will go on to live out their lives happy, healthy and fulfilled. But many of us fail to teach our kids the incredibly important lessons needed to achieve this type of life. Being happy, healthy, fulfilled and ultimately leading a “successful” life takes a lot of learning,…
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[ad] 5 Easy Ways to Start Protecting Your Family’s Future
Read moreAs a busy, active father, you want what’s best for your family. Unfortunately, things happen and it can sometimes be difficult to have the extra money to pay for emergency expenses and other necessary bills. In order to protect your assets as well as your family’s financial stability, it is time for you to make…
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Valentines Gifts For The Person Who Has Everything
Read moreValentine’s day is almost upon us, and men (and women!) up and down the country are frantically trying to work out what to buy their beloved other half to celebrate the day of love. However, if you are married to the person who seemingly has everything, you might be finding it tough. Maybe you have…
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Is Putting A Tracker On Your Child’s Phone An Invasion Of Their Privacy?
Read moreThe mobile phone or smart phone is now well and truly a part of modern society. There is no doubt that the benefits of a smart phone completely outweigh the disadvantages. However, a couple of difficult questions I have been asking myself recently are: what age should children have a smart phone? Should we be…
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[AD]Organising Our Twin Girls 8th Birthday Party
Read moreI cannot believe where the time has gone. We are now going to be celebrating our twin girls eighth birthday party at the end of this month, and as the years have gone by it’s been really interesting how they have developed their own characters and personalities. In fact it is like they are my…
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The Forgotten Plight of Flint
Read moreIn most online spaces, she goes by the handle “Little Miss Flint”. You’ve no doubt heard of her. Little Miss Flint, whose real name is Mari Copeny, is thirteen years old. For the last several years, she has tried tirelessly to raise awareness about what’s happening in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. It’s not a…
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Let’s Protect Our Children’s Mental Health Listening And Talking That’s All It Takes
Read moreIt’s children’s mental health week this week and there is no doubt that we need to highlight this important topic. The reason being is that mental health is without doubt still being brushed under the carpet. Even today the stigma surrounding mental health is still very much alive and kicking in the UK and that’s…
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[AD] Keeping Your Family Safe Online With SimpleCyberLife.com
Read moreBack last summer something happened to me online which made me question exactly how safe my family and I are online. Out of the blue I received an email from a complete stranger saying that photos of my seven year old twin girls and I were being used in a chat room which, to say…
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[ad] Find The Right Car For Your Teen
Read moreAre you at the point where it’s time to start looking at cars for your teen? If so, there are a few things that you need to consider. Keeping these factors in mind will ensure that you don’t make any mistakes when you are shopping for used cars on the market. Pexels Source CCO License…
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[ad]Reducing the Cost of Your Essential Bills
Read moreFamily life is expensive. This is a given. The key to financial security is to create a budget and stick to it. You can make sure you budget covers the essentials and then any money left over can be saved away for your little ones’ future or a rainy day, or spent on fun things…
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