Parenting: When Kids Leave the Nest

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If you’re a parent, you know that your children will eventually move out of the house, start a new life, go to college, get married and possibly even start a family of his or her own. While some parents most definitely look forward to the day they have their son or daughter out of the [...]

Homeschooling Can Be Affordable

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Homeschooling is a viable way to give your child the education he or she deserves. Whether you’re simply looking to provide your child with a tailor-made education or can’t afford the exclusive, private schools, homeschooling is the cheaper alternative. It isn’t cost-free, however. And seeing how you would rather lighten the burden on your wallet [...]

The Effect of Divorce on Children

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  When they say “til death do us part” in front of the preacher, no newly wedded couple can even visualize the idea of divorce in their future.  But, as the fact that over 50% of all marriages end in divorce attests, divorces do occur, despite all good intentions to the contrary. Divorce is devastating.  [...]

How to nurture your child in the best possible way

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  Many parents wonder about what is the right way to nurture their children. All parents intend to give their best efforts towards bringing their children up as complete individuals who can flourish in every field and taste every possible success. From the moment babies are born, every parent starts fretting about their bringing up [...]

Controversy over the involvement of children in marketing

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Advertisers are increasingly trying to find ways to get consumers to spread the word about their products, but controversy over the involvement of children in this is forcing the advertising industry to examine its practices. Personal recommendations can be big business. Often when advertisers try to convince us of the life-enhancing qualities of some new [...]

Four Year Old drives family car with parents in the back seat

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This has got to be the scariest You Tube video available at the moment. A four year old, yes four year old child driving the family car as her parents sit in the back seat. The child was not in a field no, this child was driving down a busy road in Shandong Province, China. [...]

Older children attending labor and birth – what do you think

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Increasing numbers of parents are considering having older children be present for the birth of a new sibling. Could this be a wonderful idea, that will allow siblings to bond more easily, or is childbirth a scary and private event that is not suitable for kids at all? Opinions are, predictably, divided on this. Many [...]

Tips & tricks to help you combat an early riser

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Sadly for many parents, early morning waking is very common. It is one of the most common sleep concerns reported by parents. Many  children are quite simply early risers and are ready to start the day bright and early, the early bird catches the worm, right?However, there are many things parents can do to help [...]

I almost murdered my Father: Guest Post

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For many years I thought I had dreamed this scene, until I was talking with my mother about 10 years ago.  She confirmed that it had actually happened, and added a couple of things that I had wiped from my memory.  When I think about this it still makes me feel ill – and I [...]

Gender Specific Baby Clothing

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I travel around the shops this weekend, looking for my first items of baby clothes. I don’t know the sex of the baby yet, so were looking for neutral unisex clothes..I don’t know about anyone else, but I think a newborn just looks beautiful in white. So searching down the isles, hooks upon hooks of blue [...]

Every child has a right to know its father

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One of biggest pet hates when it comes to parenting is those parents who have separated and the mother using the child as a weapon. They use the child to get revenge on the ex partner. In my eyes this is totally wrong and not acceptable behaviour. Some need to remember at one point that a baby has [...]

When my daughter met her dad for the first time

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Back in July 2009 I fell pregnant, the father being a guy that I met via work, we weren’t in a relationship but it was hard to tell him. In January 2010 we started seeing each other again and got closer till one night we went out for a few drinks (mine none alcoholic) to [...]

Is it that society doesn’t like anything that isn’t 2.4 children?

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  As I walk down the high street moms with design make pushchairs are allowed to pass others while someone opens the door for them. I go though that same door and can hardly do it one handed does this mean that just because I have none designer pushchair people are going to treat me [...]