Best Halloween 2019 costumes for kids from Asda, Sainsbury's and more
48 MINS AGO - The most exciting part about having children at Halloween is obviously dressing them in insanely Expand
48 MINS AGO - The most exciting part about having children at Halloween is obviously dressing them in insanely cute costumes and making them pose for pictures, right? That's why we've rounded up the best worth buying Collapse
A grandfather's tale taught me the true value of time spent with my children | Daryl Austin
1 DAY AGO - For working parents our careers tend to be busiest when our children yearn to have us around the Expand
1 DAY AGO - For working parents our careers tend to be busiest when our children yearn to have us around the most – we need to rethink the meaning of successI was at the park with my daughters some time ago when I fell into a conversation with a kind grandfather. He was there with his grandson and confessed that he loved spending so much time with his grandchildren because he missed so much when his own kids were growing up as he was “working all the time”. He added that he wished he would have “said ‘no’ to my boss more, and to my family less”.This grandparent isn’t alone with his regret. The encounter caused me to reflect on the paradox that the majority of working parents are at the busiest stages of our careers during the same years our own children are youngest and yearn to have us around the most.A new study from Ohio State University found that time spent with parents, not classrooms, 'has a strong impact on academic success' Related: Starting school can be a traumatic experience – for Collapse
Disney On Ice UK tour set to return in spring 2020 and tickets are on sale now
3 DAYS AGO - The Disney On Ice presents Magical Ice Festival will be heading to major cities like Liverpool, Expand
3 DAYS AGO - The Disney On Ice presents Magical Ice Festival will be heading to major cities like Liverpool, Glasgow and Birmingham from March 2020 and tickets Collapse
Alcohol advice for pregnant women | Letters
4 DAYS AGO - Leigh Lewis and Elaine Hindal of Drinkaware and Hubert Sacy of Éduc’alcool respond to a report on Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Leigh Lewis and Elaine Hindal of Drinkaware and Hubert Sacy of Éduc’alcool respond to a report on research that criticised the advice their organisations giveYour article (Pregnant women encouraged to drink by alcohol industry, researchers claim, 14 October) suggests that Drinkaware has published information saying “light drinking” in pregnancy is safe. Nowhere on our website are there any such statements. On the contrary, we advise unequivocally that the safest approach is not to drink at all during pregnancy or while trying to conceive, and we refer clearly to the chief medical officers’ guidelines. We also set out in detail on our website the risks of foetal alcohol syndrome. It is suggested that our information “confuses matters by adding: ‘How a baby will be affected depends on how much its mother drinks’”; far from confusing matters, this is simply a statement of fact. We urge anybody in doubt to visit our website to view what we say: www.drinkaware.co.ukLeigh Lewis Chairman, Collapse
Lack of communication and sex are common reasons new parents break u…
6 DAYS AGO - A lack of communication and a dwindling sex life are among the most common reasons new parents Expand
6 DAYS AGO - A lack of communication and a dwindling sex life are among the most common reasons new parents break up, a survey has claimed. A poll of 2,000 parents found one third of respondents’ relationships Collapse
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Avoid half term boredom with the ultimate A to Z of entertaining kids for free
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Tim Dowling's dad, Bob: I’m 98, and life is still mayhem
2 DAYS AGO - Bob Dowling on the lessons he’s learnedFirst of all: why me? The whole family knows I never write Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Bob Dowling on the lessons he’s learnedFirst of all: why me? The whole family knows I never write anything. An old girlfriend once said my letter read like a social security card. My favourite poem is Ode To A Girdle*, partly because of its brevity. And this is a fine time to try to get me to start writing. I’m 98: when I get an idea into my head, I forget what it was before I can write it down. Why not wait till I’m 100?I live with three of my six grandsons, a seven-year-old and three-year-old twins, in Connecticut. It’s mayhem, but we had four children in four years, so I’m used to mayhem. One time we were going to visit my wife’s parents and had all the kids and the dog in the car. When I started driving, I realised we had left a suitcase on the roof, because our clothes were flying all around the road. When I stopped to retrieve them, the dog tried to get out and I accidentally shut the door on his ear. He flew around the car, shaking blood everywhere and scratching up the kids Collapse
French couple can keep tilde in son's name after court battle
3 DAYS AGO - The row over Fañch or Fanch was settled after the parents’ two-year tussle with officialsA Expand
3 DAYS AGO - The row over Fañch or Fanch was settled after the parents’ two-year tussle with officialsA two-year French legal battle over an orthographic squiggle has ended in victory for a couple granted the right to write their infant son’s Breton first name as Fañch instead of Fanch.The country’s highest court for criminal and civil cases threw out an appeal bid by the authorities of Rennes, the capital of the north-western Brittany region, against an earlier ruling in favour of the family of Fañch Bernard. Related: Nutella not a girl’s name, French court rules Continue reading... Collapse
A short rant about a message on Tinder that’s really not okay
4 DAYS AGO - I’ve not been interested in dating at all now for a good six months. It’s actually the Expand
4 DAYS AGO - I’ve not been interested in dating at all now for a good six months. It’s actually the most chill I’ve ever felt relationship wise and I’m really enjoying doing my own thing, pottering about and basically not caring much about anything. I’ve painted a wall in my bedroom a really dark greeny teal colour (there’s a picture on my Facebook page) and rearranged the furniture so that my bed is now in a corner and can only be accessed from one side. If that isn’t a statement of intent then I don’t know what is. I even went to an evening class and learned how to make prints in a dark room. Menopause here I come. A few days ago though I had a bit of a moment – curiosity…
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A short rant about a message on Tinder that’s really not okay was first posted on October 16, 2019 at 12:34 pm. Collapse
Alcohol industry 'puts pregnant women at risk', researchers say
7 DAYS AGO - Firms and bodies are casting doubt on health advice for expecting women to abstain from Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Firms and bodies are casting doubt on health advice for expecting women to abstain from drinkingAlcohol firms and bodies they fund are encouraging women to drink in pregnancy – putting their unborn child in danger – by publishing false and misleading information about the risks involved, new research claims.The alcohol industry is ignoring scientific evidence as part of a drive to “nudge” mothers-to-be into drinking as part of a deliberate strategy to ensure women keep consuming their products because young people are turning away from them, researchers say. Continue reading... Collapse
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I wanted the boy’s first shoes to be posh – but he had other ideas
1 DAY AGO - It turns out miserliness is in the genes, as my son’s choice of footwear revealsOften, when I see Expand
1 DAY AGO - It turns out miserliness is in the genes, as my son’s choice of footwear revealsOften, when I see nice clothes in the bougie shops near where I live, I entertain a mild fantasy of myself as one of those dads who garbs their child in cooler-than-cool threads. I don’t think that would be a particularly noble vice, of course, but naively imagine it could be one of those annoying eccentricities – like vaping or making jewellery – that people would forgive so long as I occasionally made fun of myself for it.The only problem with this ambition is that freelance life has turned me into a miser, unwilling to buy any children’s clothes that aren’t made in runs of 40,000. When some snazzy jumper or beautiful hat catches my eye, I’ll invariably discover it’s priced as if it was hand-woven instore, by Richard & Judy. I don’t buy these items. No - like you, I place them back on the rack and, gripped by some odd horror that I will appear cheap, continue a discretionary period of fake Collapse
My daughter wants me to respect her – and I secretly do
2 DAYS AGO - Coco Khan’s mother shares her thoughts on millennialsBeing a parent, and a Muslim Asian in London, Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Coco Khan’s mother shares her thoughts on millennialsBeing a parent, and a Muslim Asian in London, I have many thoughts about the younger generation. When I think of the millennials, I think of my daughter, Coco. She is a true example of her speedy generation, living in a society that no longer considers patience as a virtue. She values self-sufficiency and independence more than the old-fashioned ideas of obedience and respect for her elders. She finds no logic in respecting someone who is arrogant and unkind, just because he or she is 20 years her senior. She thinks this is illogical and, maybe, “typically Asian”.I was brought up in a different world. Elders were obeyed without question. By the time my children became teenagers, I’d figured out that to get respect, I would have to prove to them that I know what I’m talking about. That’s why I enrolled in college. (I embarrassed my son by going to the same one as him.) Related: You are never too old to disappoint your parents | Coco Collapse
How to childproof your Tooting home
3 DAYS AGO - Looking for a Tooting home for you and your children? It’s always best to check how safe it Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Looking for a Tooting home for you and your children? It’s always best to check how safe it is for them – Marsh & Parsons Tooting share their safety tips in their latest blog.
Tooting is fast gaining a reputation as a fabulous place to raise your children. With the 200-acre Tooting Commons, Tooting Bec Lido (the UK’s biggest outdoor freshwater pool), and a thriving community, it’s no wonder that it’s becoming a more popular place than ever for families to put..... Collapse
Review: A Family Holiday To Hemsby Beach Holiday Park, Norfolk - The DADventurer - UK Dad Blog
5 DAYS AGO - A review of a family holiday to Richardson's Hemsby Beach Holiday Park in Norfolk, including the Expand
5 DAYS AGO - A review of a family holiday to Richardson's Hemsby Beach Holiday Park in Norfolk, including the Platinum 2 Lodge Spa accomodation and onsite facilities. Collapse
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