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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 102
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is Luke. He is a 30 something first time dad living in the fine city of Norwich in the UK. He is new to blogging starting his blog just last October. He is the first of his friends to have a baby, and has found blogging a great network…
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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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Half: Brothers and Sisters
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know that I have five children from two marriages. The oldest three are from my first marriage and my five year old twin girls are from my second marriage. When my wife and I found out she was pregnant, which we found out was going to be twins, I…
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My Little Superhero and Princess
Read moreI wrote a post in March last year called Superhero v Princess. The post was all about my five year old twin girls and although there is only two minutes between them being born they really couldn’t be more different in their likes and dislikes. I have wondered for a long time whether it’s nurture…
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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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My Twin Girls and Half Term
Read moreMy four year old twin girls are on half term this week. This is split between my wife and I due to our work commitments. I start off with Monday and Tuesday. Monday is a very long day as my wife has to do a late shift in work and isn’t home until 8pm. I…
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When Will You Charge Your Children Rent?
Read moreI left school at 16 years of age and my mother was straight to the point. Right son, you need a job because I’m not keeping you. I imagine I timidly replied ok mum! So I got a job and after a full weeks work I was given my first pay packet. It was an…
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Top Tips For Organising Your Kid’s Room
Read morePhoto Credit One of the constant battles you will have as a parent is getting your kids to clean their rooms. While I can’t help you with this directly, there are a few things that you can do to make the rooms easier to organise. If you get your kids into good habits early in…
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When Your Children Become Adults
Read moreImage Credit It’s a bit of a crazy thing to write, let alone live through. One day your children are going to stop being children and are going to grow into adults. Whilst your role as their parent will never be over, it is going to dramatically change. Thankfully this is a gradual thing, from…
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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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Was The World A Safer Place When I Was Growing Up?
Read moreToday the world appears to be so unstable and incredibly volatile. We have so much tension and war all over the Middle East and certain parts of Africa are also having numerous wars on going that we rarely hear about. Plus numerous trouble spots around the world. The world has changed so much since I…
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The Internet Crashes. OMG! What Will We Do ?
Read moreThe internet crashes worldwide what would we do really it’s a question that I have thought about a few times. OMG ! Life would be so different well actually no it would be like going back to childhood. I remember the early days of the Internet when we had dial-up and it to take an…
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Being The Dad I Want To Be
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know I have five children. I’m never sure if I get it right being a dad, but hopefully practise makes perfect. At least that’s what I try to do. Over the last week I have come to realise that it’s not always the big grand gestures of being a…
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My Twins and Parents Evening
Read moreMy four year old twin girls had their second parents evening a few days ago. It’s always a very interesting evening. Trying to extract information from four year olds about what they are doing at school is usually impossible, so it’s nice to see their school books and chat to their teacher about how they…
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Do We As Parents Dictate What Toys Our Children Play With
Read moreI have written on a few occasions about gender stereotyping when it comes to toys, films and activities for our children. I am 100% behind toys being gender free. As parents I have often wondered do we influence what toys our children play with because of our own likes and dislikes from childhood? After all…
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My Brother: How Things work out in Life
Read moreI have written before about my sibling relationships and how unfortunately due to a very dysfunctional childhood it’s left the relationship with my sibling in tatters to the point today that none of us speak to each other. It is very sad, but its just the way life works out. Growing up I have…
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Do You Have A Favourite Child?
Read moreI’m one of three children and I would openly admit I am my mother’s favourite. This could be because my brother and sister are much older and I was left to grow up with just my mum. Nowadays she has no contact with my brother and sister so I guess I unquestionably became the golden…
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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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I See a Little Bit of Me in All My Children
Read moreWhen I observe my children it really amuses me that they have some of my traits. Quite often they really are very small insignificant things or they could tell me something that they have done and I smile and instantly think yes, I did that! Haha! Your children are going to pick up habits from…
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