Kids+
British mums are seriously embarrassing
You hated your mum licking her thumb to wipe your face. But once you become a mum, chances are you're doing exactly the same ...
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Should my child have a Facebook account? Moments Like This
Should I let my 11-year-old daughter have a Facebook account? The problem, when your daughter moves up to senior school, ...
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All I want for Christmas is an iPhone, say kids as young as five
Father Christmas' sack won't be full of dolls houses or train sets this Christmas. And the elves have certainly got their ...
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The joys of autumn term: Moments Like This
Joys of autumn? Hah. Too busy. We're fast approaching Harvest Festival - yet another date in the school calendar that ...
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Diary of a 6-year-old: Best friends and men in skirts
I've got two best friends in school. Most people only have one best friend so that means I'm special. There's a boy in my ...
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Moments like this: Talking about weight with my daughters
With two daughters, both fast approaching that age where it's going to take a ten ton truck to move them from the front of a ...
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101 Uses for a Dedicated Dad: Pets
Sooner or later most kids want a pet of some sort. In an inner-city household like ours, where a dog is impractical and ...
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Halloween: Best buys
Whether you think Halloween is a commercialised hell designed to torment parents into coughing up cash, or harmless fun, ...
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Moments Like This: A month of birthdays
Two of my children were born in October, another just before Christmas. This is an expensive time of year for us, sandwiched ...
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Family photos: funny, awkward and downright weird
Every time you turned round, there was my mum, camera at the ready. This was our annual family gathering, and no one wanted ...
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Silly Bandz - will you be buying into the latest must-have craze?
To the untrained (read: grown up) eye, they are nothing more than a pile of coloured, rubber bands, not dissimilar to those ...
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Best buys: Children's rainwear
Kit your children out in waterproof gear this autumn and winter and there'll be no need for rain to stop (outdoor) play. ...
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