Seven Reasons Why We Love The Library ‘Libraries gave us power…’ sang the Manic Street Preachers in what’s still one of the best songs ever (right?). The library played a massive, and massively empowering, role in my own childhood and for so many people I know. And all these years on we love the library…
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Five things: Christmas charity campaigns to support this festive season
Read moreLooking For A Christmas Cause? Here Are Five Christmas Charity Campaigns If you’re looking to donate to a good cause this Christmas, here are five Christmas charity campaigns for giving back. Christmas Jumper Day for Save The Children: Christmas jumper day is a-coming on Friday 15th December, and is the annual festive charity celebration organised by…
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In praise of Tamara Ecclestone, or why I’m breastfeeding my three-year-old
Read moreTamara Ecclestone is back on TV again, something I know about not because I’ve seen her new reality programme, but because the press is reacting with horror at the fact that she is still breastfeeding her daughter, in it – and daring to talk, openly and in public, about breastfeeding a three-year-old *shocked face*. I…
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On giving yourself a break when you have young children
Read moreRight back in the swirly, whirling mists of time when I had a toddler and a tiny mewling newborn, I wrote a post about how it’s impossible to get anything done when you have a baby. Three years on I have a nearly-six-year-old and a not-even-a-toddler anymore and you know what? Things haven’t really changed……
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Forget Halloween; here are 25 things that are scary for parents
Read moreHalloween? It’s nothing…here are things that are scary for parents… Forget Halloween – what things are scary for parents? Any kind of clock change (WHAT extra hour in bed? HELLOOOO 3AM) Teething. The permanently overflowing washing basket. Any one of these. Seeing ‘Nursery’ ring your phone in the middle of the day, shortly before your…
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When your parenting skills don’t quite add up
Read moreAn innocent school email sent an icy clawfinger of fear into my heart this week; there’s a maths breakfast taking place, do parents want to come? In a word, NO. No way, I’m busy, I’m washing my hair, I’m running for the hills as we speak. Contending with the school run is enough but now…
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Six Boring Things I LOVE As A Parent
Read moreAll The Boring Things I Love As A Parent Does being a parent make you boring? I don’t know, possibly. Probably. What was I saying again? I’m not sure. But here are all the boring things I love as a parent. Parenting: Can It Make you Boring? Parenting itself is brilliant but it can also…
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