A third of families sit in silence during meal times, according to a study. Three in 10 admit they struggle to find enough to talk about over dinner while four in 10 parents eat their evening meal at a…
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Half of crafty school children admit to trading their packed lunch on the ‘playground black market’
A study of 1,000 parents and their kids aged 6-11 has revealed what the youngsters really think about their packed lunches with many swapping items with their friends at school for something tastier. Seven in 10 parents say the…
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Study pinpoints British children’s age of independence
British kids are allowed to play outside unsupervised at 10, get their first smartphone at 11 and stay home alone at 13, according to a study. Amid the worries facing modern parents – from social media usage to making…
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Traditional children’s hobbies have been replaced by modern phenomena such as computer and mobile games
Traditional children’s hobbies have been replaced by modern phenomena such as computer and mobile games, according to research. Watching TV or YouTube are both more popular than reading books or playing with toys. And building dens only came ninth…
Today was the big day (04/09/2019). The girls’ dad was dropping them off at school today, but I sneaked into the playground. As my youngest, the school starter, shouted Mummy at me from across the playground, I burst into…
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British parents have less than half an hour a day of ‘real’ quality time with their children
British parents have less than half an hour a day of ‘real’ quality time with their children, according to a poll. Researchers found fathers and their daughters get less face-to-face time together than any other parent-child combo. And just…
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These are the topics of discussion most likely to cause arguments around the dinner table
Money issues, politics – and Fortnite are the topics of discussion most likely to cause arguments around the nation’s dinner tables. A study of 3,000 parents found 90 per cent say disputes are a common feature of their family…
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Average child travels 3,754 miles around the world by the time they reach 15
The average child will have travelled 3,754 miles around the world by the time they reach 15 – almost twice as far as their own parents had at the same age. At this point they will have already been…
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Warning over screens as number of 13 to 16-year-olds needing glasses DOUBLES in seven years
The number of 13 to 16-year-olds needing glasses has almost DOUBLED over the past seven years – and ‘too much’ screen time could be to blame, according to experts. Twenty per cent of young teens required glasses in 2012,…
I probably got about three hours’ sleep in the end after much tossing, turning, snoring and sleep talking… and I threatened, on more than one occasion, that I would drive us all back to Norfolk if the noise did…