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Parenting Teenagers It’s Tough At Times

February 12, 2019

I have been blessed to have five children and there is no doubt about it, I feel privileged that in my lifetime I have become a dad five times. However, getting it right as a dad is incredibly difficult. I think I have bitten my tongue more times than I care to mention and I…

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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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How Fake Is Social Media? Is It Having A Negative Effect On Society?

July 10, 2018

Nowadays, we are as a society, so influenced by everything that we see on social media or television. In my opinion it is convincing especially the teenage and younger generations that they should live like this, look like that etc and it’s all false, but it is portrayed in such a way that people think…

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- Dad bloggers
Bloggers, Vloggers, Instagrammers etc. Are they the Celebs of the 21st Century?

February 3, 2018

When I was growing up social media, and in fact the internet did not exist, it was still in fact not even thought of. So celebrities for me growing up were pop stars, TV or film stars, which would occasionally would be seen on TV, and every now and again you would get an opportunity…

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