Articles Tagged: friendship

Best man donates kidney to best friend so he will see his unborn baby grow up

By parentdish.co.uk, Mar 14, 2012

Dan Flack saved his best friend Robert Baldwin’s life by donating a kidney to his sick friend. Robert is now preparing to be a dad and get married, with Dan as best man

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True friendship: The mother who made a home for her best friend's FIVE orphaned children

By parentdish.co.uk, Mar 4, 2012

Julie Jones was already single handedly bringing up three teenage boys, but when her best friend Caroline Atkin was dying of cancer, Julie promised she would take in her five children and bring them up as her own.

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Do you choose your children's friends?

By Glynis Kozma, Feb 16, 2012

I remember when I was 11 and I had a friend, let's call her Anne. She was my newest and best friend at secondary school. My parents, for no good reason I could fathom, thought she was a bad influence.

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Staying friends once you have children

By Jackie Cosh, Dec 18, 2011

Before I became a mum I used to notice how the mums in the office had social lives which revolved around their children and women they had met through their children.

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Forcing friends on your children

By Jo Middleton, Oct 29, 2011

They say you can choose your friends, not your family, but what about when you have friends forced upon you?

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Childline's new game to help children make friends

By Liz Stansfield, Sep 12, 2011

The new school year is here, and chances are, with new schools, sets and classes for September, your star pupil might make new friends.

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Terrible Twos: Making friends

By Pip Jones, Jul 27, 2011

A few weeks ago, as I was ferrying the shopping out of the boot of the car while the girls looked animatedly at muddy stones and dried up leaves in the front garden, Ava suddenly got most excited.

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Achtung Baby or Friends will be friends

By Suze Nowak, May 22, 2011

PA Entering the Kindergarten yesterday, I was almost flattened by a little boy hurtling round the corner shouting ...

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