Unfortunately we live in a world nowadays where both people in a relationship have to work more often than not to keep their heads above water. When a relationship changes and children are introduced to the equation, decisions about working and childcare have to be made. Where a lot of people are lucky enough to…
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The Christmas Cost
Read moreI’ve teamed up with Admiral insurance for their cost of Christmas campaign. The idea behind the campaign is to see how the cost of the festive season has changed over the last 40 years. Admiral have created a very clever widget which people can interact with. Simply select which year you’d like to find more…
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Christmas Presents: Children’s Expectations: Have They Changed?
Read moreOn the way home from work the other day I was listening to the radio, and they were talking about the expectations of children in relation to Christmas presents. Basically has it got out of control the presents children are receiving at Christmas? Is this putting too much pressure on parents? Is the expense of…
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Baking: It’s Not Just For Girls
Read moreThough most cake packets in the supermarket seem to come with brightly coloured icing and sugar butterflies, baking is most certainly not just for girls. Boys can and should get baking too and learning to cook for themselves is a life skill that everyone should acquire. Image pixabay For many parents, opposing gender stereotypes can…
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Sisters: My Sunday Photo
Read moreOn Wednesday just gone it was my birthday, and my 20 year old daughter came home from university for a few days. Which was wonderful as I got to see her on my birthday, many moments make your life worthwhile, and my Sunday Photo this week is without a doubt, one of them. Whenever my…
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The Older I Get The More It Hurts: Siblings
Read moreAnother year has passed and I’m another year older. The older I get, the more think of the estranged relationships I have with my brother and sister, and quite honestly it hurts a bit more every year. When I was born I had a mother, father, brother and sister. I have on many previous occasions…
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The Older Generation (My Mother) & The LGBTQ Community
Read moreThere is no doubt that at times I despair at my mothers views on being gay, but I also understand her beliefs. She is in her eighties and from a generation that quite simply doesn’t tolerate people’s choices on how they decide to live their lives. Homophobia sadly is alive and kicking in a small…
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Daughters Hugging A Relative After Receiving A Present This Christmas
Read moreOur five year old twin girls have recently started Rainbows which is the first stage of the girl guide movement that will eventually lead on to possibly, the Brownies and Girl Guides. I thinks it’s a particularly great organisation that hopefully the girls will learn many life lessons from, that they can take into adulthood.…
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I Want It! But I Don’t Need It!
Read moreThroughout my life at certain intervals, I have bought items on impulse or have asked for items for my birthday or Christmas, and I didn’t actually need it, I just wanted it. So here are a few items I have bought or been given over the years that have ended up collecting dust after just…
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My Three Oldest Children Are Living Their Lives: They Are No Longer Kids
Read moreTwo of my children are no longer teenagers. The eldest lives with her partner and my 20 year old daughter is in university in Southampton, and my son is 18 years old and at university in another city. The passage of time waits for nobody and we all grow up which is exactly what has…
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Teaching Our Little Ones How To Be healthy
Read moreThe importance of teaching our little ones to be healthy is so important I believe, and this cannot be started soon enough. Doing regular exercise and eating healthy foods are something we pass on to our children. Hopefully this will keep them fit and healthy all their lives. My three older children all loved sport…
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Dads Taking Their Daughters To The Mens Toilet
Read moreToday I will be speaking on the Radio at around 10am. A researcher phoned me from the Jason Mohammed show which is broadcast on Radio Wales to ask if I would like to be interviewed. The subject matter was dads taking their daughters to the mens toilet in public places. I didn’t know it at…
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Four Out Of Five Ain’t Bad (My Sunday Photo)
Read moreWhen you have five children like me, it’s almost impossible to have them all together in the same room at the same. In fact the last time that happened was last Christmas. I’m hoping it will happen again this Christmas. Nowadays it really is a rare occurrence. One of the problems of this happening on…
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Transgender Kids
Read moreA little while ago I watched Louis Theroux’s documentary about transgender kids. I was completely engrossed by the show and the stories of children not knowing, or in fact knowing if they are in the right body or if they are the right gender. Since watching the show I have struggled to decide if it…
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My Twin Girls They Are So Different
Read moreI have written many times how different my five year old twins are, but the older they get it’s becoming more obvious how different in character and personality they are. This has become more apparent to me in the last nine months or so. Personally I don’t think it’s a bad thing, because although being…
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Blogging Is An Industry/Business
Read moreMost people I talk too and I sometimes mention that I’m a blogger, look at me as if to say, what? My next sentence is always, so you have no idea what blogging is then? The funny thing is they usually reply, yes I know what blogging is, so explain to me what blogging is,…
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Lessons Learnt: Lessons Taught Parent To Child
Read moreGrowing up for me was at times very difficult. Did I learn anything about parenting from my own parents that I would be able to put to good use when I became a parent? The honest answer is no! Or least nothing that I could use because my parents were not the sort of role…
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Halloween Season Is Upon Us
Read moreThe day before Halloween which to me is one of the strangest celebrations of all time. If you are a fan of Halloween which in my mind is entirely ok, I would maybe recommend you stop reading now, because I struggle to find a positives about it. It really is just not for me. When…
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Just Being A Parent
Read moreThere is a title that covers a multitude of sins. Let’s be fair if you are a parent, you will know what I’m talking about. It’s tough,difficult,hard, exhausting, in fact it’s the toughest job that as an adult we will ever have. We will wing it make it up as we go along and will…
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My Son Has Been In University Just Three Week’s
Read moreThis weekend my son, A, is coming home for the weekend from university after 3 weeks. What has surprised me is never for one minute, did I realise how much I would miss him. Of course it was always going to be strange with him not being around, but it has genuinely shocked me. In…
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