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Extra-Curricular Activities: What Do They Offer?

Extra-curricular activities are a staple part of after-school and weekend life for many school-aged children all across the country. But what do these activities really offer aside from draining your bank account? Extra-Curricular Activities: What Are They? Extra-curricular activities…

Education Parenting

Preparing Everyone for School

When school years or new terms are approaching, preparing everyone for school is essential. For children, this often means buying school supplies, meeting teachers, and getting organised. For parents, it may mean arranging childcare or finding the right school…

Pregnancy

Baby Shower Ideas to Consider

Baby shower ideas have changed significantly over time. Once, a baby shower would be a formal affair and one that mainly involved the mother and her immediate family and close female relatives. It was an opportunity to sit around,…

Life Pregnancy Through My Eyes

Pregnant at 40

I’m pregnant at 40 – that’s certainly not a sentence I thought I would be saying! After I had my second daughter, I always felt as though I was destined to have a third. Alas, I came to the…

Parenting

Revealed: The 30 best TV role models for dads

Mick Shipman from Gavin and Stacey is the ultimate British ‘dad’ role model, a study has found. The Essex father figure – played by actor Larry Lamb – is a favourite role model for dads because of his down-to-earth…

Parenting

Checking Children’s Phones: To Do Or Not To Do?

Teacher and parent – sometimes the teacher in me’s opinions clash with the parental ones. But, I admit that I have definite strong opinions about checking children’s phones. My own children, of course. Life for our kids is so…