They say the days are long but the years are short when you’re a parent, but when you’re the parent of a really early riser, the days start at the…
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School of thought
I’ve been thinking, somewhat predictably, about school. We’ve spent so long on the mechanics, picking schools, making the primary school application, buying uniform, spectacularly failing to buy shoes, worrying about…
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Fighting the battle of who can get dressed
I think I’ve identified the major pressure point in why it takes so long to leave the house when you have small children; it’s getting dressed. Or more specifically, the…
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Shocking second child omissions
Dramatic scenes in our household this week, when a somewhat shocking realisation came to light about our second child. We realised that Florence – at the lofty old age of…
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25 gifts the World Wide Web has given parenting
It’s 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee opened up public access to the World Wide Web, which paved the way for modern Internet communications as we know it. So here’s 25…
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Four fifths of Finding Dory…
Would it be a terrible idea to take a fidgety and very active 22-month-old toddler to see Finding Dory at the cinema? – Question I asked myself this week when…