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Is the nuclear family really that important?

Is the nuclear family really that important?

Ah, the nuclear family. As a concept, it verges on the quaint - straight from a cosy Janet and John book, in which the children play happily alongside 'mother' and 'father' in the garden. Fast forward several decades to Jacqueline Wilson's somewhat grittier stories in which you...
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17 strategies for struggling readers thumb

17 strategies for struggling readers

Learning to read can be hard, but it doesn't need to be stressful. Here's how 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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Has becoming a parent changed your personality? thumb

Has becoming a parent changed your personality?

We all know that becoming a parent turns your life on its head - but does it change your...
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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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20 easy Valentine's crafts for kids thumb

20 easy Valentine's crafts for kids

Why waste all that money buying things on Valentines day when you can make them? They'll...
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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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There were 4 in the bed... thumb

There were 4 in the bed...

We’ve had the lurgie in our house this week. Boo! And I don’t even mean a...
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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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Dummy use and language development thumb

Dummy use and language development

Using a dummy during the early years of child development generally does not permanently...
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La Neige + Les Mis = La Happy Mummy! thumb

La Neige + Les Mis = La Happy Mummy!

No matter how old you are – there’s nothing more exciting than a snow day!...
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Developmental milestones for three year olds thumb

Developmental milestones for three year olds

Three-year-olds love to explore words and language. They enjoy making up stories. Their...
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The extreme dummy wean thumb

The extreme dummy wean

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! December Madness survived..............Check Christmas Magic executed...
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How to be a yummy mummy on a budget thumb

How to be a yummy mummy on a budget

You don't need a Victoria Beckham-style bank balance to be a yummy mummy. Here's...
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12 things every parent is ashamed of thumb

12 things every parent is ashamed of

In the parenting stakes, most of us feel we could do better.
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