They’re five words that every parent dreads hearing; a plaintive cry from the back seat of a car or camper van that means just one thing. The rest of this journey, no matter how long, is not going to be fun.
“Are we nearly there yet?”
Parkdean, the family holiday parks operator with 24 sites around the UK, recently conducted a survey of 1,478 parents to find out just how often they hear…
This Summer in London we have enjoyed the best looking and most inspirational benches ever produced. For those who haven’t noticed some of the 51 colourful BookBenches installed in June on the streets of London here is a little story behind the Books about Town initiative and the images of the few I managed to capture.
Trails of benches shaped as open books, decorated by professional…
Childcare is the most important issues for parents no matter where they live, but in London this issues is even more important. The government are encouraging parents in London to check if their child is entitled to 15 hours of free childcare from this September, when the number of eligible children is estimated to double compared to last year.
Around 42,500 children in London will now be entitled…
Enjoy this exclusive interview with ex England and Lions Rugby Union international and father of four daughters, aged between six and 13 years, Austin Healey, who has recently become the face of a publicity campaign for BT Parental Controls.
Q: You have four daughters. How do you keep them in control?
I’m definitely outnumbered but I do keep an eye on my daughters. It’s…
If you are old enough, you would have grown up with the quirky Ghostbusters soundtrack. To celebrate its special 30th anniversary Blu-ray™ release, London Mums have teamed up with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to give one lucky winner a children’s Ghostbusters’ costume courtesy of Rubie’s Masquerade Co. UK Ltd , a keyring supplied by Pyramid, and a copy of the Blu-ray (including…
From JAMES PATTERSON, author of the top ten best-selling Middle School series of books comes Treasure Hunters: Danger Down The Nile, a brilliantly swashbuckling follow-up to the original adventure, jam-packed with action, humour and heart – published by Young Arrow in hardback from Thursday 11 September 2014.
The story
Four kids on a quest to find the legendary mines of King Solomon…and…
To celebrate the forthcoming release of David Tennant’s new heart-warming comedy What We Did On Our Holiday, in cinemas 26th September 2014, London Mums is giving 10 readers the chance to win tickets to the World Premiere of the film in London, Monday 22nd September 2014.
About What We Did On Our Holiday:
From the creators of the hit BBC comedy series Outnumbered – What We Did On Our…
I never really believed in tutoring as I always thought my son was extremely intelligent. How wrong could I possibly be?!! I don’t refer here to my son’s intelligence, but to the importance of tutoring.
Media debate whether to tutor or not to tutor all the time and I have never thought of becoming an advocate for that myself.
I had to try it first to be able to understand the…
The biggest oxymoron in kids’ TV entertainment are back! The world-famous super-power snail Turbo and his posse of adrenaline junkie fueled snail buddies that form the Fast Action Stunt Team (F.A.S.T) are back, meeting the craziest challengers. No matter how wild things get, the Fast Action Stunt Team always has each other’s backs and their need for speed delivers a whole new level of…
London Mums have joined forces with BMI Healthcare to encourage women in London to be more aware of the issues surrounding their health and wellbeing in the capital. In this article we look at the issue of pelvic pain and its possible causes.
Mittelschmerz’ pain
Period pain is something many women are familiar with, but some also experience pain mid-way between periods. This is known as…