Today is my 1000th post and a very good friend of mine in the blogging world asked if I was going to write anything special. I never really thought about it, but hey ho, I will write about it in a blog post. Not very special I guess, but a milestone I decided was worth…
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How Fatherhood Has Changed Over the Years
Read moreFatherhood has dramatically changed since I have been a dad in the last 21 years, but wow! How it’s changed in the 50 years. When I was growing up, there is no doubt that the master of the household was Dad. I guess it’s down to the fact that he in essence was the breadwinner,…
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Blogging And The Use of Social Media
Read moreI have been blogging for about two and a half years now and it’s always fascinated me the opinions of bloggers on how the use or abuse of social media should be used in relation to your blog. There are of course many reasons people blog. Some to make money, others to chronicle their children’s…
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How I Write A Blog Post
Read moreEvery day, hundreds of thousands of blog posts are written and published all over the world and I have always fascinated and been interested to know how people write blogs posts and where they get the inspiration from. Whether it’s a personal experience and just something they heard or saw, and that inspired them to…
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Calling a Step Parent Mum or Dad.
Read moreWe have in life two people that are biological parents and they are usually known as Mum and Dad. By definition they are the reason we are here. Without them having that moment of passion, we would not have been born. We simply wouldn’t exist. We will all grow up with either both, one or…
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What Happens When Your Children Have Children?
Read moreFrom what I’ve learnt by speaking to other parents, when your children have children it is one of the greatest feelings in the world that you are a grandparent. Of course, it is completely different to when you became a parent as some of the pressure is taken off you by knowing that your children…
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My Son is 18 Years Old Today
Read moreI have five children and now three of them are fully grown adults able to do all those things legally. This is one strange feeling. The years seem to fly past. Omg ! I’m getting old, haha! Today is my son A’s birthday and he is 18 years old if was able to go and…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 103
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is one of my favourite dad bloggers! He’s been blogging 10 years which is an awesome achievement. I’m very happy to say that it’s Tim Liew from Slouching Towards Thatcham. Big thank you to Tim for taking part. Tim is a father of three and master of none, forever stuck…
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Here’s How To Save Money On Everything
Read moreSingle people and couples living together know full well how difficult it is to establish and then stick to a personal budget. With our base temptations, and all the different expenses it takes to keep a roof over your head and food on the table, simply keeping your head above water is one of the…
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Oh No! A Text I Never Wanted To Read
Read moreOn Sunday I received a text from my eldest daughter, J, who will be 22 years old later this year, asking me, do you know how visa’s work to go to Australia? I didn’t fancy a conversation via text, but I thought if I’m honest she was asking to maybe go on holiday there because…
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The Twins Turned Five and OMG! They Have Changed
Read moreJust under two weeks ago our twin girls, R and M, turned five years old. Along with turning five I think they had character and personality changes as well. There was a time when they were four years old all of a fortnight ago that they were the best of friends. Well, I wouldn’t call…
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The Blogging Stats and Earnings Obsession to publish
Read moreOver the last six months or so I have noticed an increase in posts all about bloggers stats
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My Two Eldest Daughters Have Grown Up
Read moreThere was definitely a point in my mid to late teens that it was not cool to be seen in public with my parents. In my case it was just my mum. The days of going to Tesco to do the weekly shop was a big NO NO! Just in case I bumped into any…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 101
Read moreThis week is the start of our second century of the Brilliant Dad Feature and this week it’s Kevin who is from Canada. Kevin blogs at Dadsense he says Raising a baby in urban Canada has its challenges, but with a little patience and clever planning they make it work. His blog Dadsense is an…
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Brilliant Dad Feature 100. It’s Me!
Read moreWell it’s the brilliant dad feature week 100. I did ask a few celebrities, but unfortunately Matt Damon, Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were too busy filming so I guess you will have to put up with me little old DIY Daddy! A little bit about me. I’m a dad to five children. Four…
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Celebrating A Century Of Brilliant Dad Feature’s Tomorrow
Read moreThe Brilliant Dad Feature is 100 weeks old tomorrow. I never for one minute thought that when I started it, it would still be going 100 weeks later, but here we are! I remember clearly when I thought up this idea for a weekly feature on my blog, that if I got 20 dads to…
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The Four Tiers of Blogging
Read moreI have recently given a lot of thought to the world of blogging and how divided this cyber world of writing has become, but also how competitive and cut throat it is. Every day many new blogs start up and many blogs come to a halt because many people simply don’t have the time and…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 97
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is Benny. He recently quit his job as an auctioneer to become a stay at home parent, which he says he loves. He decided to start a blog called Daddy Poppins to help him meet others in similar situations, allowing him to write and tell jokes and generally give…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 96
Read moreThis week the brilliant dad feature is Andrew. He is a 32 year old Helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force, and is currently taking advantage of 100 days Shared Parental Leave. It’s still rather rare for a pilot to take this leave and so people were very curious how he would get on with…
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The Trust Between Bloggers and PR’S is Fascinating
Read moreThe trust between bloggers and PR’s has never ceased to fascinate me. I, like a lot of other Bloggers do sponsored work for money and all of this is completly done on trust. Trust that you will be paid. There of course is no guarantee that they may. The only proof we have as bloggers…
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Parent Bloggers. Are We Putting Our Children in Danger as They get Older
Read moreAs a parent blogger I have begun to wonder that as I chronicle my four year old twin girls lives, am I leaving them open to ridicule and bullying from school friends or friends as they grow older? The thought that crossed my mind is are we possibly giving out too much information about our…
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