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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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How to cope with hormonal teenagers thumb

How to cope with hormonal teenagers

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10 tips for handling your teen's first solo holiday thumb

10 tips for handling your teen's first solo holiday

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Do you discipline your kids properly? thumb

Do you discipline your kids properly?

Do you lay down the law or prefer an easy-going approach? Find out if your discipline...
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10 parenting issues that divide women thumb

10 parenting issues that divide women

There's nothing like raising a family to spark debate - so which side are you on?...
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Disciplining kids: what works and what doesn't thumb

Disciplining kids: what works and what doesn't

Children need to understand right from wrong, but how best to get the message across?...
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10 health benefits of being a mum thumb

10 health benefits of being a mum

Stronger, fitter, happier...yes, you can feel this great, simply by being a mum. Here...
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10 ways to discipline without smacking thumb

10 ways to discipline without smacking

As parents, we all know that smacking is a big no-no - yet occasionally, we're pushed...
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Top 10 Easter activities across the UK thumb

Top 10 Easter activities across the UK

This Easter, why not treat your kids to a fun day out? There are plenty of things to be...
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Are you a tiger mother? thumb

Are you a tiger mother?

Pushy parenting just stepped up a gear!  Should learning should be fun, or do you...
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Advice for easing anxiety in your child thumb

Advice for easing anxiety in your child

Life can be a tricky path for children to negotiate. Here's how you can help to curb...
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Things you miss from pre-parenthood life thumb

Things you miss from pre-parenthood life

You love being a mum - but sometimes, you have a twinge of nostalgia for your old life...
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Things you need to stop doing now you're a parent thumb

Things you need to stop doing now you're a parent

Swearing, partying, having high-maintenance hair...what will you be giving up now you...
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All-weather half-term activities in the UK thumb

All-weather half-term activities in the UK

This half term, there are plenty of excuses to get the kids to down game consoles, leave...
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Parenting peer pressures you should ignore thumb

Parenting peer pressures you should ignore

Think children are the only ones subjected to peer pressure? Not so.
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Aspects of parenting you didn't anticipate thumb

Aspects of parenting you didn't anticipate

You expected sleepless nights and a drastically curtailed social life, but what about the...
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