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Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

She was Britain’s poster-girl for the London 2012 Olympics and the nation celebrated as she won gold in the heptathlon. Dame Jessica...

Les Enfants Not-So-Terrible – 4 Reasons Why French Children Are So...

How we raise our children to become well-rounded, pleasant and useful members of society is one of our prime concerns as parents. We...

How Parents Fail To Follow Their Own Advice

“You’re sunburned,” said my daughter, accusingly. “Your face is really red.” “I know,” I replied. “It’s from the boat trip I went on. Didn’t top...

Why Sorry Shouldn’t Be The Hardest Word

When many of us were young, we thought of our parents as superheroes. They weren’t just people that had started life as kids like...

Confession: How I Forgave My Mum For Her Emotional Abuse

“You know,” said my therapist, leaning forward slightly, “you could see that as emotional abuse.” Emotional abuse. The term felt right, somehow. At 29, sitting...

Confession: Why My Husband Is The Father Of His Brother’s Children

My two daughters look very like their cousins. Nobody is surprised; my husband, Steven, and his brother, Alan, also look very much alike. But...

8 Top Quirky Parenting Tips

Life’s weird. The trials and tribulations of raising kids are even weirder. I subscribe to the “whatever works for you” philosophy;  after all, parenting...

6 Great Strategies For Parenting Your Adult Children

As our kids get older, our relationship with them inevitably alters. They are now independent, our equals, with their own lives. Adapting to the...

7 Wonderful Things I Did Before I Had Kids

Do you ever look back at those hazy days before the kids came along, when you could please yourselves? When life didn’t revolve around...

I Still Miss Him Sometimes But I’m Glad My Husband Is...

It was the speed with which John died that stunned me. He'd felt tired and under the weather, and I told him to go and...

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Helicopter And Lawnmower Parenting Can Both Damage Your Children

When many middle-aged people think back to their childhood, they remember roaming the streets with their friends during long, hot summers. Our parents threw...
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Celebrity Splits – How To Co-parent When You’re Rich And Famous

Rumours all was not well with popstars Cheryl and Liam Payne’s relationship have been floating around for a while. The couple surprised everyone when they...

It Was A Shock To Learn Our Son Was A Cleft Baby – But...

It’s funny how random conversations can take a turn that make you see people in an entirely different light. Some months ago,...
There's no legal basis for refusing to allow the Isis teenager, Shamima Begum, and her child back to the UK. And it doesn't make practical sense, either.

Shamima Begum: Why The Isis Teenager Should Be Allowed To Return To The UK

One of the so-called “Bethnal Green Girls”, Shamima Begum, is looking to return home to the UK. After nearly four years living with the...
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Revolt On The Horizon? How Young People Really Feel About Digital Technology

As digital technologies facilitate the growth of both new and incumbent organisations, we have started to see the darker sides of the digital economy...
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How to Bond With Your Kids Over Video Games

Technology certainly isn’t what it was when we were kids. From social media and mobile devices to apps and video games, kids are surrounded by...

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