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First concert tips for parents
Top tips for parents taking children to their first big concert. What to bear in mind, things to avoid and how to jump the train queue. Here's what I picked up after taking my 12-year-old to see Coldplay.
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Can children turn your hair grey?
A recent haircut got me pondering as to whether there is a direct correlation between the amount of child-induced stress and amount of grey hair on our heads? What can any of us do about it? And does it matter?
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How to paint any room, without the pain
Five simple tips for taking the pain out of painting any room. From roller tricks to tape troubles, here's what I learned while attempting to redecorate.
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The curse of forgetting people’s names
There are some people in this world who can remember the name of every person they ever meet, I am not one of them. In fact, I am the complete opposite. I have a knack for forgetting people's names within seconds, but could brain training help?
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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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Why do kids talk using texting abbreviations? IDK
For my children, the use of acronyms now seems to be preferred to actual words in most forms of communication. But what are they saying, and is there any hope for parents?
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Half term headaches
February half term is never easy, the weather’s usually rubbish and there’s nothing much to do. However, when you also have a 12-year-old who wants to do nothing other than game, and a 10-year-old whose idea of helping around the house is to get dressed, you have a surefire recipe for familial disaster.
