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“One More or Just One? Navigating the Second Child Decision” The Big Question is should you have another child. Possibly the biggest question for parents.  Children aren’t like cars. Should you have another child is not a question you answ Read more...

What to do when your child has a favourite? When my son was about eight years old, he went through a phase of preferring to sit next to me and spend most of his time closer to me, It drove my wife crazy. If I’m honest, I kind of secretly liked it, Read more...

Do we ever truly know how much a new baby will change our lives? Going from a ‘carefree’ couple to also looking after a baby is a big change but a change most parents welcome, I hope. A new baby will change lives forever. Babies bring parents clo Read more...

Things to consider when planning a holiday Age appropriate holidays Holidays and holiday parks cater to age groups.  Our children have outgrown quite a lot and when we go away now were looking for facilities for older children.  Read the reviews an Read more...

My wife’s phones bleeps when messages are received into her school parents Whats App group. You know when somethings up as the bleeps get more frequent and the interval between bleeps shortens. Its like artillery in a war, each side exchanging Read more...

Helping Your Child In a Mental Health Crisis As I write this blog, it is mental health awareness week, which aims to bring awareness to the issues around mental illness. For some time, I have personally worried about the current explosion in mental h Read more...

Is free range parenting just going back to a  simpler time? Its easy to think of free range parenting as a Hollywood fad that’s really just 70’s parenting. Its true free range parenting is all about allowing greater freedoms to teach you Read more...

Shouting at Children: The Hidden Damage and a Kinder Calmer Way Forward As parents, we all want the best for our children. We strive to raise happy, confident, well-rounded individuals who feel secure in themselves and their environment. But sometime Read more...

 Why Being a Stay-at-Home Dad is the Best (and Toughest) Job I’ve Ever Had Since men and women have become parents, it’s always traditionally been the mother taking the bulk of the load, but in this modern age – does it, and should it, have to Read more...

Teenage years—where the eye rolls are fierce, the Wi-Fi is sacred, and your once chatty 10-year-old now communicates mostly in grunts. You had thought that the nappies, sleepless nights or terrible twos were the hard bit, but how could you of been Read more...