Lucy Sweet

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Lucy Sweet is a freelance journalist, blogger, advertising copywriter, author and mother. When she's not burning the dinner, she can usually be found holding a clinking carrier bag and looking tired in playgrounds.

What's wrong with a bit of babying?

Somewhere inside every mum, is a deep and abiding need to spit on tissues and wipe faces, whether...

Why playing with your children can be (whisper it) a little bit boring

Listen to childcare experts and they'll tell you that play is a child's basic human right.. But...

Coping with ill children

Does your child have the winter lurgy? It’s horrible, isn’t it? The stress. The sheet washing. The...

Do your young children control you?

Young kids are control freaks. They always want to call the shots, and they don’t care whether...

You can't take your children anywhere

Wherever you go, your child is almost guaranteed to embarrass the hell out of you. My friend has...