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Is Social Media Contributing To Teenagers Detaching Themselves From Real Life?

March 3, 2020

In my new series of posts I will be looking at how the world we live in now will impact upon our children. One of the fastest moving parts of our everyday lives is technology, in particular social media. We now have a generation of teenagers that do not know life without the internet or…

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- children
Are We Changing The Way We Cherish Family Memories?

December 17, 2019

Whenever I look at feeds on social media, mainly Instagram, I’m constantly bombarded with posts about how people are making family memories and then I see the word AD. Firstly let me just say that I have absolutely no problem with social media influencers, bloggers, and vloggers etc making money from their feeds. I earn…

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- social media
Are Children Getting Younger When They Get Their First Smart Phone?

July 22, 2019

When I shared my story of how I felt my smart phone was becoming far too dominating in my life because of what my seven year old twin daughter said to my wife about my phone usage, it obviously woke me up to the fact that I was addicted to my phone. As such I…

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- social media
When Is Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Going To Take Responsibility?

March 21, 2019

Some of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world are social media companies. They have been allowed to grow without any regulation and they seem to operate in their own world without any governing body, or government controlling their behaviour. They consistently tell us that it’s not their problem, but the people using…

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- social media
Did Instagram Contribute To A 14 Year Old Taking Her Own Life?

January 28, 2019

Last week there was numerous newspaper articles and television stories about a father who is convinced that Instagram contributed to his 14 year old daughter taking her own life. This is because of the content that is readily available on Instagram concerning self harm and suicide. She was apparently viewing this very easily on the…

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- Blogging
Is Blogging On A Cliff Edge?

January 14, 2019

In 2018 blogging saw some changes occur. There is no doubt about that, but were these changes for the better? If I am totally honest I’m not sure at the moment. Blogging has changed so much over the last few years, and some of those changes have been brilliant. For example, we are now starting…

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- social media
Instagram Event At Facebook HQ London Protecting Our Teens In Association With Mumsnet

December 12, 2018

On Monday I travelled up to London for an Instagram event at Facebook HQ. To a lot of people that might not be a big deal, but for me it was a very big deal! I have been blogging for a long time now and I have lost count of the amount of times I…

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- My Sunday photo
King Of My Castle: My Sunday Photo

July 22, 2018

On our trip to the beach yesterday my six year old twin girls built me my very own castle. So here I am posing in my castle. Looking very cool even if I do say so myself. Haha! If you are wondering what I’m looking at, the answer is absolutely nothing, I’m practicing my moody,…

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- blogger interviews
An Interview With Harriet Shearsmith Who Writes Toby & Roo

May 15, 2018

This week it’s the fifth interview in my series of interviews with some of the top parenting bloggers and influencers in the UK today. Today’s interview is with Harriet Shearsmith, the founder and writer of Toby & Roo. I am truly honoured and privileged for Harriet to agree to be interviewed by me for my…

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