Today’s children and young adults are increasingly not taking responsibility for their actions. You see this so often on TV, social media and in general life. My question is who’s fault is this? For not wanting to cause outrage, it’s us as parents. Many parents teach their children right from wrong from a very early…
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I Think I’m Beginning To Enjoy Not Working
Read moreIt has been about two and a half weeks since I last worked properly due to the health scare that I had which I have written about previously. It’s been quite a stressful time because over the last two weeks, I have done no work. My main activity of the day has been the school…
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Totally Dad Items Only Fathers Buy From A Supermarket
Read moreKids don’t like to be out in public with their parents. Dads, don’t take this personally because mums get the cold shoulder treatment too. However, fathers do come in for unwarranted criticism in the supermarket. One minute you’re in ASDA or Tesco enjoying the delights and the next your teenager is stalking off in a…
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When Parents & Teachers Meet – Another Take on the Parent-Teacher Conference
Read moreMrs. D shares some first-hand advice from a teacher’s perspective in her article “Preparing For the Parent-Teacher Conference” available online at:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/68592/preparing_for_the_parntteacher_conference.html. It is great to hear an experienced teacher’s perspective on parent-teacher conferences. As a veteran of dozens of the yearly meetings, I’ve certainly formulated my own opinion about how to prepare and navigate the…
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Refreshing Your Bedroom with a New Colour Scheme
Read moreFrom time to time, you may have an urge to make changes to your bedroom. A refreshed look in the bedroom can have an enormous impact on your mood and give you a much-needed boost. This is because your bedroom is your own private quarters and somewhere that you spend a significant amount of time…
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My Twins Are Six Years Old Soon: Party In The House
Read moreMy twin girls are going to be six years old next month, very scary. I always wonder where the time has gone. It goes so quickly. It really doesn’t seem like yesterday that they were born six weeks early and had a spell in special care. 27 days in fact, which at times felt like…
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Growing Your Own Fruit & Veg – a Fun & Rewarding Family Activity
Read moreThere are few better and more rewarding projects to take on at home than growing your own fruit and veg. This brings dozens of benefits and can be a fantastic activity to take on with the kids. Benefits Growing your own fruit and veg can help to lower your grocery bill, encourage healthy eating and…
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Our New Family Member: My Sunday Photo
Read moreYesterday I wrote a post wondering, if I am a pet sort of a person. Well, it’s been 24 hours since the newest member of our family was brought home from the pet shop. If I’m honest it’s actually growing on me having a family pet. We told our five year old twins on Friday…
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Am I A Pet Sort Of Person? Well I’m About To Find Out!
Read moreGrowing up I didn’t really have pets, in fact the only pet I had was a guinea pig named Georgie, but sadly my mother murdered him and left me traumatised for life when it comes to owning pets. Well possibly not quite that serious! Anyway my guinea pig, Georgie, lived in the garage and if…
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3 Rules for Bloggers to Live By
Read moreBlogging is something that we have all grown used to but when you think about it, the process is pretty weird. For lots of people, blogging is about sharing thoughts on their personal lives and families, for others blogging is about sharing tips and tricks or showing expertise and for most, blogging falls somewhere in…
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Daughters Can Be Rad Just Like Their Dad: Asda’s Think Not
Read moreThe definition of RAD generally is awesome, so when I saw a range of clothes at Asda’s the other day, I instantly thought, yes my one twin girl, R, would love these. However, my heart instantly sank, and you may ask why? While some retailers in the high street have now done away with girls…
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Black Clouds Are Filling My Mind
Read moreAfter the events of the last week in relation to my health, and the fact that at one point last Thursday, the severity of my situation really came home to me. Sometimes what happens in life can leave you fragile and vulnerable, and last week has consequently made my mood plummet to a very low…
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Safer, Happier Roads: How To Be A More Considerate Driver
Read moreHere’s a state for you: 90% of drivers think they’re better than the average driver. What that tells us isn’t that the world is full of great drivers; it tells us that people have mastered the art of self-deception! While the world is beset with many problems, we can still try and tackle the issues…
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Am I Really On My Smart Phone All The Time? Most Likely
Read moreIs the smart phone the best or the worst invention the 21st century has ever seen? Is it contributing to society becoming anti- social? Are we turning into a society that has little or no need to speak to our fellow human beings in real life? Are our children being influenced that they will not…
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5 Home Buying Tips: What You Need To Look For
Read moreIf you’re thinking of buying a home, read below for 5 tips to get you started. 1. Know your prices For many of us price will be a determining factor in where we purchase a home, so doing your homework before you concentrate your search will be beneficial. Although average house prices can be a…
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A Plan Of Action When The Kids Fly The Nest
Read moreBeing a parent to young kids comes with loads of different benefits, and most people will try to enjoy their time in this position as much as they can before it is over. As your child grows, the input you have in their life will lower and lower, slowly reaching the point where they don’t…
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My Top 7 Parenting Joys: Not!
Read moreWhen that magical moment of becoming a parent for the first time happens, the joy of your very first child taking their first breath and entering your world, nothing but happiness, and love fill your heart. You are in awe of this little human being that you have created with your life partner. You will…
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Children Of The Forest: My Sunday Photo
Read moreAfter the topsy turvy week that I have had, which at times was very frightening, but hopefully now I am on the mend. Yesterday we went out to the local park, and whilst there and walking through the deepest darkest woods, in suburban Britain, we came across the children of the forest. They were bordering…
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A Very Scary Moment
Read moreThis is a follow on from my post yesterday. My heart/Health Scare. I am now three days in, taking medication which will hopefully begin to control my blood pressure which has been at a dangerously high level, well for how long I don’t know, but I’m guessing a while. As I mentioned in my post…
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My Heart/Health Scare
Read moreThis week has been interesting to say the least. I woke up last Saturday or Sunday with a pain in my chest around the heart area, but being me, I ignored it and thought well it will go away I’m sure. Four days later the pain was not going away. In fact, if anything it…
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Why Don’t We Ever Hear Stories of ‘Dads Who Won the Lottery’?
Read moreWhen Beverly Doran, a mother of four from Shipley, West Yorkshire, won £14.5 million in a EuroMillions draw in February 2017, it came just when she really needed the money. Ms. Doran, who separated from her husband a short time before, had quit her job in order to care fulltime for her children, two of…
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