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Can you claim on home insurance? Uh, yes, you can.
How many people forget to claim for everyday accidents and incidents on their home insurance? Is that what insurance companies bank on? Here's what I thought after managing to break our front door.
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Welcome to the Climate Change Collective
I'm delighted to have teamed up with bloggers across the world to discuss the challenges we face and ways we can all combat climate change. This is therefore the first of a new series of monthly posts taking a closer look at climate issues that affect us all. Join the conversation.
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Time travelling old photos
Looking at old photos and realising that you are now the same age, or older, than your parents were back then - is a mind bending moment. Here's why nostalgia can make you terrified and grateful in equal measure.
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We’ve killed the Easter Bunny
It's finally happened, we've killed the Easter Bunny. What happens now? Will any eggs be delivered to our children this year? The question of belief has been asked, and the results mark a parenting milestone.
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Happy Parenting – 10 magic moments – Part Two
In the second of a two-part post, here are five more moments of happy parenting magic. Amidst the chaos of raising children, it's easy to forget what wonderful human beings they are. So, to remind myself that it's all worthwhile, here are a few more of the things that make me smile as a dad in 2023.
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March Round-Up
Here's everything that we got up to throughout March. From texting mysteries to DIY disasters, puking children, night time injuries, artificial intelligence and runs in the rain.
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Happy parenting – 10 moments of magic
Parenting is hard work, but there are also moments of magic. In the first of a two part post, here are my top ten happy parenting moments, or the first five at least. Find out why swimming, a wall and reading make the list...
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Dad DIY disasters – is there any hope?
All dads are meant to be good at DIY, right? Unfortunately that's not always the case and some of us are so spectacularly bad at it that the simplest jobs can spell disaster. Is there any hope for dodgy DIY dads, like me?
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What a mess! The school run fashion show fail
I caught sight of myself in the mirror the other morning and was shocked to see an unkempt old man staring back at me. Dressed in shabby clothes, with hair all over the place and a week-old beard, I looked like a mess. However, I'm not alone, it turns out there are thousands of us on the school run every morning.
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Is GPT-4 bad news for teachers, children, bloggers and writers?
Will GPT-4 and artificial intelligence take the art of cheating to a whole new level? And what about those of us who make a living from writing, are we heading for the Job Centre?
