Tag: Children
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The true story of the baby in the red box
The stories we tell our children are stories that come from the heart, bonding us in wide-eyed wonder through the magic of imagination. And we learn as much in the telling, as our children do in the listening.
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How will you spend Mother’s Day?
This Sunday is Mother’s Day – we asked some of the moms in our community about how they’d like to celebrate with their families. Here are some of the ideas we received.
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Easter eggs: Brace yourself for the sugar rush
The Easter weekend is coming up and for some families that means an overload of chocolate. We asked some of the parents on Twitter to help us by submitting their best tips on how to manage the inevitable Easter sugar rush.
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The real cost of parenting
We often talk about the cost of raising kids – from the nappies through to school fees and feeding teenagers – but that’s just the financial cost. Or, if you’re not feeling the pinch, that’s the investment we make to give our kids the best possible start we can.
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A dad’s top 6 unintended consequences of kids
We all know that having a child changes your life forever, but some changes are so subtle – almost invisible – that I didn’t even notice they were happening – like dealing with the fugue state of sleep deprivation. So here are my top five (plus one.)
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Fix parenting screw-ups like so
Apologising to your child is no easy task – especially when you might have scarred him for life. That’s why Sam Wilson invented the Therapy Jar.
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Playing it safe
She laughed in the face of danger when she was younger, says Letitia Watson. Two kids later, she’ll think twice before boarding a ship full of illegal immigrants on the Malaysian coast.