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Are we sexualising our kids too early?

Are we sexualising our kids too early?

When do you think childhood ends? At 13, 14 years old? In a recent study, more than two thirds of parents said it's finished by 12, with many believing it happens even younger, at just 10. Like it or not, our kids are being forced to grow up super-fast. They are bombarded with provocative...
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Helping your child cope with grief and trauma thumb

Helping your child cope with grief and trauma

The death of someone close can be one of the hardest things your child will face.
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From Devon... with love thumb

From Devon... with love

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Back to school thumb

Back to school

From coping with back to school anxiety and budgeting for the new term, to staying on top...
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Test your primary level maths thumb

Test your primary level maths

Do you find yourself baffled by mode, mean and median? How’s your knowledge of the...
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12 awkward parenting questions and how to answer them thumb

12 awkward parenting questions and how to answer them

So your child’s asked one of those questions that stops you in your tracks.
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Summer holidays - the end is nigh! thumb

Summer holidays - the end is nigh!

Week five people... and the summer holidays are almost over. If I’m honest - ...
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Play Crash 'n' Crab & enter our Legoland prize draw! thumb

Play Crash 'n' Crab & enter our Legoland prize draw!

Never before has so much fun been had in the deep blue sea!
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An essential back-to-school checklist thumb

An essential back-to-school checklist

Lovely as it is to relax from the daily routine of getting ready for school, the end of...
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Bringing your baby to work: your rights thumb

Bringing your baby to work: your rights

A recent documentary on BBC2 showed the London cab company, Addison Lee, trialling a very...
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School's out for summer and the Olympics! thumb

School's out for summer and the Olympics!

And.... BREATHE!
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How to avoid embarrassing moments in public thumb

How to avoid embarrassing moments in public

Do you fret about taking your child out? Worry they might do or say something...
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10 essential family holiday health products thumb

10 essential family holiday health products

Everyone looks forward to the annual summer getaway but don’t let too much sun...
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Summer holiday destinations in your area thumb

Summer holiday destinations in your area

There are plenty of excuses to get the kids to down game consoles, leave the sofa...
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11 signs your child may not be happy at school thumb

11 signs your child may not be happy at school

Life is so busy, sometimes it’s easy to miss some of the subtle signs that all...
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50 eco-friendly family activities thumb

50 eco-friendly family activities

From rainy day activities and creative craft projects to fun days out and garden games,...
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