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Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance - Wednesdays @8.00pm on Channel 4

Jo Frost is back on C4 with her Extreme Parental Guidance – don’t miss it Wednesdays @ 8.00pm on Channel 4. Britain’s parenting champion is back with series two of Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance and this time she’s promising MORE! Offering more help for more families tackling more parenting issues. Jo’s on the move with her first ever roadshow, sharing her parenting…
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Win 1 of 3 'Liquid Thinking' books

A great summer read, a self-help book called Liquid Thinking (rrp £9.99 each). The author, Damian Hughes, looks at the methods used by great achievers and shows, in easy steps, how you can adopt them into your own life, dreams and ambitions. Most importantly, he shows how so-called ‘ordinary’ people have adopted the lessons to be able to achieve life-long ambitions, from…
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Supernanny Jo Frost's Confident Toddler Care: The Ultimate Guide to the Toddler Years

Supernanny star Jo Frost is without a doubt the UK’s most trusted nanny. In this book released in July 2011 she shares her tips to help raise toddlers with confidence and give them the best start in life. The manual is packed with practical advice, reassurance and simple yet effective techniques to help parents deal with all the challenges that raising a toddler involves. I enjoyed…
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KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN UNRAVELLING CHILD NEGLECT

Six main issues have been outlined by Action for Children today as key in understanding further the complexity of child neglect. In today’s report, Neglecting the Issue, Action for Children identifies the role of fathers, targeting families, public health and prevention, parental and carers’ views, actively seeking children’s views and understanding the scale of neglect as major gaps to be…
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Blitz your body for your summer holiday with the help of Fitness Expert Dax Moy

Beautiful beach bodies will be turning heads everywhere this summer, thanks to Personal Trainer and Fitness Expert Dax Moy who is on a mission to share his expert knowledge in advance of holiday season. Dax says: “Baring all on holiday is often a terrifying prospect. If you feel self-conscious about your hips, thighs, stomach or indeed anywhere else that you’re going to have to bare, then…
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How to crack potty training

Potty training is always a challenging time for parents. How do you know when your child is ready to potty train? How do you do it? How long will it take? For a parent potty training for the first time, it can be quite a scary prospect and any excuse to delay starting the process can be welcome. Every child is different but usually, they show signs of being ready to potty train between the…
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The ladies who transformed London into 'Scooterlandia'

Most London Mums are familiar with the ubiquitous colourful Micro Scooters that are everywhere and are a favourite in the parks and on the school run. Anna Gibson and Philippa Gogarty, Co-Founders and Joint Directors of Micro Scooters Ltd tell us how they got started and what the inspiration was for setting up the business… Philippa: “We met in 2002 as young mums at our first baby…
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Health and the School Run - The Facts

Begging your little angel to put their coat and shoes on, sorting out the squabbles over who sits where in the car, and then there’s the traffic – oh the traffic! Just another day for most parents with school age children, however there is a secret weapon for parents – find out what it is in this article! Here are some very interesting facts about health and the school…
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THE RISE OF ‘BRITAIN’S LITTLE HELPERS’

New research shows that toddlers/children are helping more at home than the last generation, the chores they spend most time doing and that it is a regular weekly, if not, daily occurence. Matching socks, washing up, sweeping and hoovering may not be your idea of fun but could be for your toddler, as research shows that your little ones are more than keen to help out at home and around the…
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Dadpreneur success story: Paul and the Pickled Onion Gang

Read this success story of a dad who created The Pickled Onion Gang, a fun iPhone app, to help his son learn and develop new skills. Busy dadpreneur Paul Robinson got the idea of the Pickled Onion Gang when he made up a story for his 4 year son Joe. Like most kids, he loved trains and the stories always revolved around a train journey to the seaside that he went on with the gang. The various…
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