Articles Tagged: classes

Government to announce parenting classes for all

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 17, 2011

The government will announce a trial of free parenting classes today in a bid to help strengthen 'positive relationships in the family'.

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After school classes: Exhausted children and stressed taxi parents?

By Ursula Hirschkorn, Aug 31, 2011

When I was growing up in the 70s my extra curricular activities amounted to begging local horse owners for the chance to muck out their stables in exchange for a pony ride. That was it; no music lessons, no extra maths, no ballet, or exotic foreign language, no drama classes or judo sessions.

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Antenatal classes: A dad's view

By Ben Wakeling, May 12, 2011

Getty It's a small, cramped room, the bland walls punctuated every now and then with a poster showing a grinning woman ...

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Teacher SACKED for carrying boy into school

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 6, 2011

PA A deputy head teacher has been sacked from her job after helping to CARRY a six-year-old boy back into ...

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Baby singalongs!

By Pip Jones, Apr 19, 2011

Rex Features It's such a magical time of anticipation, your first pregnancy! Seasoned parents will offer tantalising ...

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No sex please, we're at primary school

By Ursula Hirschkorn, Mar 10, 2011

I am a child of the 70s, the decade when free love came of age, women burned their bras and sex was no longer a dirty word. ...

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Ten things learning to crochet has taught me about children and classes

By Debbie Webber, Apr 26, 2010

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks and I'm starting to believe this may indeed be true. It has been a while, too ...

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CBeebies Waybuloo: Yoga-ing vicariously through my child

By Sally Fort, Aug 6, 2009

Some parents may not be natural sporting types. I'd be the first to count myself among them. I race round after a toddler for ...

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