Articles Tagged: arrangements
How to make step families work
My stepdaughter has never called me 'Dad'. Not even in error. She has never tried to, never wanted to, and I have never wanted her to, either. She calls me Beef. Or CheeseGlasses (don't ask).
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Trust betrayed: My son forgotten and abandoned by a fellow parent
There are certain - mostly unwritten - golden rules when we look after other people's children, and equally when we entrust ...
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Life doesn't have to revolve around the children
Do you feel life revolves around your children - your life squeezed in between their arrangements? You're not alone. Take ...
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Surviving Teenagers or Why boys are so forgetful
It's not that difficult to work out why teenage boys are so forgetful and vague. It's because they're surrounded by adult men ...
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Why do some sponging parents take and never give?
Why are there some parents who walk all over us, who take and never give? Who simply sponge. Generally, it all works fine. ...
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Surviving Teenagers or Why you never know where they are
Years ago, when I was a teenager, arrangements stuck. You met at 7pm outside the cinema, or at 11am in Top Shop. Your parents ...
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Why I hate babysitting other people's children
When my three were younger my mum did the lion's share of our Saturday night childcare requirements. She'd pitch up happily, ...
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