Laura Kemp

Features writer

Mum-of-one Laura Kemp is a self-confessed anti-yummy mummy who spends her time writing for newspapers and mags as well as working on her first novel. Check out her website at http://www.laura-kemp.com/

Will you sign up to the parental rules of solidarity?

By Laura Kemp, May 10, 2012

Parenting, as we all know, is a minefield. There's nothing more exasperating than hearing everyone else's mums and dads let their kids stay up late, eat crisps for breakfast and buy them the latest smartphone on the market.

Ways to a mum's heart (Men, take note)

By Laura Kemp, Apr 24, 2012

A new poll reveals compliments are better at boosting a woman's happiness than chocolate, sex or shopping. Hmm. I don't know about you but when my husband says "you look nice today", I'm immediately suspicious.

The REAL 50 things your child may do before the age of 12

By Laura Kemp, Apr 17, 2012

The National Trust has released a bucket list for kids. It's absolutely lovely – all shinning trees, scrumping apples, bringing up a butterfly, eating blackberries straight from the bush and camping in the wild. But if this all feels a bit unrealistically Famous Five, here is my own 21st century version – the REAL 50 things to do before you're 12...

Polite notice: Please keep down your loud parenting!

By Laura Kemp, Mar 5, 2012

So there we were at soft play and I'd settled down while my son had gone off to run riot in the colourful cages of chaos. I had chocolate to the right of me, coffee to the left of me and I was happily logged onto the free wifi, ready to catch up with the world on my iPhone, when it happened.

The rules of date nights for parents

By Laura Kemp, Jan 18, 2012

After Prime Minister David Cameron revealed he and his wife Samantha keep their marriage fresh with a weekly date night, we present our tongue-in-cheek guide, The 15 Rules Of Date Nights…