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Long haired lovelies: Why do boys with long hair STILL upset polite society?
'He'll get picked on!'
'He looks like a girl!'
'It's so scruffy on a boy!'
These are just a ...Read more
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How to find out what your child gets up to at school
Come early September, hundreds of thousands of four-year-olds will head into primary school for the ...Read more
Starting school: The first day
Grab the tissues - it's time for the big day!
A child's first day at school can be crammed with ...Read more
Moments Like This: The end of our summer holiday
Don't you just love self catering? The last day of our holiday required one of us to make some sort ...Read more
Why I dread buying children's shoes
Recently a friend tweeted with that particular mixture of triumph and exhaustion brought on by shoe ...Read more
101 Uses for a Dedicated Dad: The playground
Taking the kids to the playground is a time honoured dad tradition, especially as they get a bit ...Read more
Enid Blyton: Lashings of harmless nostalgia, or all rather horrid?
No children's author quite divides opinion like Enid Blyton.
Parents either love her old ...Read more
Am I a bad mother for wanting my children to be happy?
I often suspect that I am a 'bad mother'.
I work, admittedly from home and part time, but even so ...Read more
Would you let your child start a blog?
My ten year old daughter approached me with that pleading gleam in her eye. What was she after this ...Read more
Starting school: School gate friendships
When children start school there are new friendships to be made, and not just between the kids.
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Classic toys
Children really don't need many toys.
In fact, at least up until their school years, most will ...Read more
