Articles Tagged: entertainment

If I have to go to another chavvy children's party I'll scream

By Emily Carlisle, Apr 14, 2012

My five-year-old son is in his first year of primary school, and thus still at the age where parents are expected to chaperone their children at parties. Oh we get the odd one or two where confident hosts take phone numbers and gaily wave us off at the door

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20 family friendly ideas for what to do in February

By Kim Jones, Feb 1, 2012

20 fun days out to try in February whatever your budget, location or age of your children

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Why I love holiday parks

By Linda Aitchison, Oct 6, 2011

Watching an escapologist stuck in a homemade sack while his sidekick smiled uncomfortably, I laughed until my sides ached.

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Janet Ellis on being granny to Sophie Ellis Bextor's kids and why grandparents should be celebrated

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 30, 2011

Not many granny's can tuck their grandchildren in at bedtime and regale them with tales from behind the scenes of Dr Who or Blue Peter

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Tears and trauma: Does TV exploit children?

By Linda Aitchison, Jun 6, 2011

Getty Even before Britain's Got Talent returned to our screens this year, we were told a child could take the crown. ...

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Best apps for young children

By Tara King, Mar 20, 2011

Any parent with an iPhone wonders how they ever survived without one. Not only is it possible to streamline your life on ...

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Four travel games for long journeys

By Emma Cossey, Mar 26, 2010

Nothing can be quite as irritating as having an impatient seven-year-old squirming in the back seat of the car and constantly ...

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Kids' music that won't drive you mad

By Sarah Powell, Jul 17, 2009

We know the wheels on the bus go round and round, but isn't life hard enough without having to listen to it a gazillion times ...

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