Articles Tagged: time

How to have a happier family

By Giulia Rhodes, May 11, 2012

Mornings in our house can be fraught. By the time clothes, breakfast, teeth cleaning, shoes, coats and book bags have been attended to for three children, tempers are frequently fraying. I am generally heartily sick of the sound of my own voice.

Dads spend less than an hour a day with their sons

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Mar 30, 2012

New research has found that dads of young boys are spending less than an hour a day with their sons.

Get a babysitter!

By Elsie Button, Mar 14, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I invited some of our parent friends round for dinner. These are people that we really like, but often we only manage a brief exchange at the school gates before the kids drag us away, moaning that they are hungry.

Top tips for a happy and relaxed Christmas

By Pip Jones, Nov 10, 2011

It's nearly Christmas! Yay-arrggghhh! The fact is, much of the organising and preparation falls to mum and, given there are probably not enough hours your day anyway, and you spend a large proportion of your time feeling on the brink of insanity, Christmas really does have the potential to push you over the edge.

Children need at least 9 hours sleep a night. But how to get them to sleep? asks one exasperated dad

By Keith Kendrick, Sep 15, 2011

How many hours sleep do your children get each night? I’m not talking about how many hours between bedtime and breakfast when they’re in their bedrooms chatting, or playing, or sneaking a look at their Nintendos under the covers.

15 shortcuts every mum should take

By Eleanor Tucker, Sep 5, 2011

Here are our favourite mum shortcuts and why taking them won’t do you, or your children, any harm.

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.

A - Z of motherhood

By Laura Kemp, Jul 13, 2011

A is for Anything as in you’ll do frankly anything to keep your child happy, amused, quiet and/or in their bed. Includes silly dancing, bribes, sweets and blitz-proof black-out blinds which cost a fortune.