Articles Tagged: tips

Novelty birthday cakes: Maximum impact for minimum effort

By Ellie Levenson, Apr 28, 2012

In these times of shop bought party bags and paid for halls in which to host birthday parties, it's easy to forget that one of the best ways to make a birthday or other occasion special is by making a novelty cake.

Tips and tricks for the final week of nominations for the MAD Blog Awards!

By Sally Whittle, Apr 16, 2012

So here we are already, the final week of nominations in the third annual MAD Blog Awards, which celebrate the very best parents blogging today!

Blogging advice: How to grow your blog traffic

By Sally Whittle, Apr 2, 2012

The thing about blogging is that every blogger in the world starts with the exact same audience – zero. When you're a brand new blogger, there will be days when the only person reading your blog is your mum, or the random Internet user in Finland who Googles, "how to get ketchup stains out of silk stockings".

One in five children from broken homes lose touch with a parent forever. Don't let it happen to you.

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 26, 2012

This week, my stepdaughter’s real dad moved 200 miles away because of work. He has seen his little girl pretty much every weekend since he and her mum separated when she was a toddler.

WTF! How can I stop my child swearing?

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 20, 2012

The other evening, my seven year-old son was playing on his Wii when something didn't work out as he'd hoped. "Fer f**'s sake," I heard him mutter under his breath.

Top tips for travelling with kids

By Ben Hatch, Jan 11, 2012

When Ben Hatch and his wife Dinah were asked to write a guidebook about family travel they imagined spending whole days licking rocket lollies at zoos. They ignored dire friends' warnings about spending five months away with their two small children