My third challenging moment with my children is all about my now 16 year old son, A. When A was nine years of age he told me he wanted to play football. His friends in his class at school were forming a team which included his best friend at the time along with his best…
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10 reasons to have lots of children
Read moreI have mentioned before that I am a father of five children ranging in ages of 20 years of age down to three and half year old twins. Recently I have been thinking about the benefits of having lots of children. What got me thinking this? Well trying to decide whether to have another child!…
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Are the children of today spoilt?
Read moreI have always loved the elderly generation especially when they say that kids today have so much more than they ever had. Well of course they have! I mean comparatively speaking that was like living in the dark ages! A radio was the only luxury in a home. What I wonder is are the children…
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5 life lessons to share with your children
Read moreI was tagged by the wonderful Emily who just happens to be my beautiful wife to take part in this tag. Emily blogs at Twin Mummy and Daddy. So here it is. 1. Education is still the way to a brighter future, a better job etc. So don’t go through school just doing enough work…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 23
Read moreMy name is Steve Halls, I’m 36 years old and Dad to Archie aged 2 and Freddie just 10 weeks. I’m happily married to my beautiful wife Nicola and living in Hertfordshire. I am new to the world of being a Daddy Blogger and have just launched My Little World UK. 1. Have you always…
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Do you share the responsibilities in your home?
Read moreMy wife and I share all the responsibility for getting things done in our home. Surely we have now left the 1950’s where the woman runs the home and the man earns the money? I cannot believe that there are homes like that anymore, but sadly there are. This is so wrong. Women are working…
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bored being a parent
Read moreI have five children and I have to say I have never got bored with them. There are times when you want to escape for some me time, but the reality is that they never cease to amaze me and make me smile. They’re just great fun to be around. I wonder how many people…
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Teaching your toddlers to save money around the home
Read moreI have three and half year old twins and I think it is never to early to teach our children the value of money and how simple lessons at the toddler stage can be taken into adulthood It will hopefully help them use their own money wisely when they’re older. 1 .In today’s world water…
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Things I wish I had been told before having children
Read more1. I miss sleep more than I ever could imagine! The early mornings, broken nights sleeps, the actual act of getting them to bed etc. Sleep deprivation is something I know all too well! I never believed it was possible, but it’s true! 2. I used to be a patient, laid back and easy going…
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Keeping our Children Safe. Guest Post.
Read moreThank you to Martin who blogs at At Home with the Boys for writing this guest post. I’m sure it’s fair to say that as our children grow older, they experience different challenges, each of which, help with their development. But as the rolling over, crawling and toddling stages develop, there too will come the dangers…
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Teaching our children a winning mentality
Read moreIt’s interesting that there two completely different sides to this, on the one side we have some schools that having sports days with winners and I am sure some schools teaching exactly the opposite that on sports day there are no winners just those that take part. Today I suppose it is not politically correct…
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What happened to my lazy Sunday’s?
Read moreThere was a time when on a Sunday all I would do is sleep, play Xbox, sleep some more, try my luck with a small gamble, watch TV and eat! Then R and M were born and all of that disappeared! I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy family Sunday’s because I do, but every…
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What Makes Your Child Feel Secure
Read moreI am a father of five children. I know! doesn’t he ever learn?! However, all five of my children had some form of feeling secure. My oldest child, J, had to have a blanket and a dummy. The blanket was a pink fleecy one with a silk edge. She would not go anywhere without it!…
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Twins do and say the funniest things part 7
Read more1. R was pretending to be on the phone and I was trying to ask her to do something and quick as a flash she replied with “Quiet! I’m on the phone!” 2. One Sunday we were all in our bed and R had a book and was trying to read it to us. We…
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The girls and sleeping
Read moreThe girls are just over three years old. I wonder how it happened that they’ve come to share our bed on a regular basis. I have to admit it has never bothered me that they sleep in the same bed as us. Not long after the girls were born we invested in a super king…
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Growing up quickly
Read moreAfter all the upset and upheaval of my parents going their separate ways our home was quieter and calmer. Now there was just my mum, brother, sister and myself. It’s interesting looking back because my mum went into a spiralling depression caused by her marriage breakdown. I would leave for school in the morning and…
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Divorce and children
Read moreI thought I would write a post about how children can be affected and how they can be incredibly resiliant to all that is going on around them during separation and divorce. I have two experiences of divorce. One as a child and one as an adult. Hopefully I can explain two very different points…
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How important is it to grow up with a father in your life?
Read moreThat’s a question I have asked myself a million times. When I was about seven or eight years of age, my parents went their separate ways. Looking back I came to the conclusion that my father was a selfish gutless man, even though my mother was the classic woman scorned she was very bitter and…
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