Being a dad of five children I hope I don’t miss any part of their lives, but the reality is, I will. I am great believer in karma and that good will always overcome bad, and with me life could have dealt me a better deal, especially my childhood, but out of the bad came…
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My Children, Grandparents, Death and Honesty.
Read moreDo I get jealous when I see or hear of other parents telling me how the grandparents had their children for the night, or took them out for the day? Well, yes. A little part of me is jealous, but circumstances beyond my control have left my children with just a grandmother, my mum, who…
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The power of the ‘grey pound’: 3 ways retirees are helping out the next generation
Read morePeople’s incomes typically drop when they hit retirement, but many of today’s pensioners are in a stronger financial position than their younger relatives. This means that a rising number of retirees are providing their younger family members with monetary support. Many of these people have built their wealth through decades of investment. For example, they…
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Inside the mind of a Four Year Old
Read moreWouldn’t you just love to get inside the mind of a four year child? I would! I think it’s fascinating watching them watching you! They have an innocence that it is so far untouched that they don’t see bad things or bad people or any sort of evil in the world. I have often heard…
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Drugs, Alcohol and My Children
Read moreHere’s a subject matter every parent will have to talk to their children to at some point in their lives and rightly so. It’s vital that our children are given the right knowledge and information to assess the dangers. There is no question that if alcohol was invented today it would be banned. Drugs and…
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Feeling obsolete as a Dad
Read moreThere are times (not all the time) when I feel surplus to requirements as a dad. This has become for me all the more obvious in the last six months or so. With my older children it’s a strange feeling, but one I can fully understand. I know they have grown up and are now…
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Me and Fathers Day
Read moreFather’s Day is the one day in the year where I am centre of attention, which if I’m honest makes me uncomfortable. I have always been the type of person that likes to stand in the shadows. As regular readers of my blog probably know I have five children so Father’s Day is always special,…
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The Household Chores
Read moreIn our house we seemed to have just naturally shared out the household chores. There are some I always do and some my wife always does. This is purely by accident and not design. My wife is definitely the cook in our house. Yes I can cook, but I will admit I am very basic…
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Children challenge your sanity
Read moreSometimes I wonder if I could have looked into my future before it happened, would I have questioned my sanity by having five children? Parents all go from a carefree life of only worrying about ourselves to the huge responsilbilty of being a mum or dad. As regular readers of my blog know I am…
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Do we tell those closest to us I love you enough?
Read moreThree little words that we say often to another person. That could be our husband, wife, brother, sister, son, daughter, mother, father and many others, to express how we feel about those closest to us. How often do we say those three little words? Not enough I imagine and yet it’s simple and easy to…
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Why I think the sibling relationship is the strongest
Read moreIn life we form many relationships, but we are born into just a few. One obviously is the parent/child relationship and the other is the sibling relationship which is not always perfect I admit. The sibling relationship can have those moments of estrangement, but also death, divorce or general lifestyle changes which can make the…
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Bring the family together this Easter weekend!
Read moreThe Easter bank holiday is fast approaching. The kids are excited to see what the Easter Bunny brings them and for me, Easter seems like the perfect time to have all my family and friends around for a party! The fact that it’s also a bank holiday is great because it means nobody has to…
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A Mothers love as seen by a Dad
Read moreI watch my wife with our four year old twins and so often sit there in awe of her, thinking to myself that she is incredible. My wife’s love for her twin daughters is unconditional. It has no boundaries. She has a patience that I only wish I had. My wife sits and plays all…
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My children and me
Read moreI have five children and I suppose I wonder what they really think of me as a dad. It’s an age old question, but I wonder if they’re proud of me, embarrassed by me or not. Actually all of them I’m sure at some point or another. have been! Do they see me as their…
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The fantastic relationship our twins are developing
Read moreJust recently as I have written, M had to have an operation at our local children’s hospital. I noticed something properly for the very first time. I was always aware of, but it stood out now more than ever before and that’s the closeness and bond my twin girls have developed for one another. When…
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When I go to and come home from work
Read moreWhen I leave for work it will usually takes me about 10 minutes to get out of the house. This is because we have a ritual of hugs, kisses and telling each other that we love each other and that includes my wife and I too. I have always believed that it’s important to say…
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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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Our Family Holiday in Menorca 2015 part 1
Read moreOur family holiday this year was an all inclusive holiday in Menorca with Thomson, staying at the Hotel Victoria Playa in the resort of Santo Tomas. The advantages of an all inclusive holiday is that you never have to pay for anything while you are there and having three and half year old twins this…
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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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