Parenting Skills

How to talk to your teen about STIs

The conversation around sexually transmitted infections can, at times, be awkward. Discussing STIs with their teenage child can be exceedingly awkward, at times challenging and albeit a bit frightening for many parents. Despite being an uncomfortable topic to talk about, it is a valuable conversation to have. Reports suggest thatevery four minutes, a young person in England is diagnosed with…
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Parenting Skills

Family-friendly shopping: Is it possible?

In answer to the title, of course it is. For many of us, shopping with the kids can be a sluggish day at best. It’s not their primary idea of fun, yet with errands to be run, it has to be done. While there are no hard and fast answers for shopping with every child out there, today’s guide should hopefully help most of you. Let’s now take a look at some of the best tips and tricks…
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Parenting Skills

London named top city for InstaDads, new study reveals

A new social media study from gifts and gadgets retailer Menkind reveals the nation’s top hotspots for InstaDads. Ahead of celebrating dads on Father’s Day, the analysis delved into Instagram hashtag data and uncovered the top UK locations where dad life content gets shared and liked the most. London named top InstaDad city The new study analysed publicly available Instagram posts from the…
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Parenting Skills

Start your morning right and you can have a brilliant day – here’s how

I don’t know about you but, these days there are some mornings where I’m not even sure of how far into the week I am. Like so many, I’m working from home. The old routines of getting up, getting the kids ready, breakfast and getting off to work have all but gone and like everyone else I am not sure if this will have changed by the end of June. But regardless of restrictions that are still in…
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Parenting Skills

Father's Day: 1 in 10 Brits voted Tom Hanks as the No.1 movie father figure

Every year, we look forward to treating our Dads on Father’s Day, and this year it’s more important than ever after months of lockdown.Father’s Day falls on this Sunday, 20th June, and to celebrate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has commissioned research into the film habits and cinema favourites of people across the UK. The new survey – conducted with 2003 U.K. adults…
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Parenting Skills

Cuddles, kisses and chatter: The top things grandparents have most missed out on

It’s hard to quantify all the things that have been missed over the last year, but new research out today shows that grandparents have been hit particularly hard – missing out on 49 hugs, 47 kisses, 40 conversations and 25 family meals with their grandkids since the start of the pandemic. WATCHthe emotional moment the first grandparents Granny Lou and Big Grandad Nick from…
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Parenting Skills

C.O.V.I.D your way out of COVID

Don’t know about you, but I’m over Covid. I distinctly remember hearing about some unknown virus in China 16 months ago. It never occurred to me at the time that it would up-end all our lives. I’m a great believer in ‘micro-moments’, the ability to change our life in any moment and how to use these tiny manageable interventions to gain positive momentum – even when things are…
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Parenting Skills

Questions to consider when attempting to contest a will

Contesting a will can be a difficult process. Both in terms of the law and the effects on you personally, especially when in the middle of grieving. When it comes to seeking legal advice for contesting a will, consider why you believe you need to. If it’s because you feel like you should have inherited more, although it can be difficult to get this sorted legally it is not impossible, but you…
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Parenting Skills

Six strategies to deal with body image problems in the pandemic

Covid-19 and the lockdown period has brought with it a whole host of body image & confidence related issues. For many mums, this period has been especially challenging, with children at home and the roles switching between trying to be a mum, a teacher and in many cases trying to go to work at the same time. Many women have felt a loss of identity and a subtle pressure to conform to…
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