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These unique Christmas Day traditions will warm your heart

These unique Christmas Day traditions will warm your heart

If you’re a parent, you may want to start a Christmas Day tradition that is unique to your family. If you’re looking for some inspiration, you’ve come to the right place because below are some of the most heartwarming and quirky Christmas traditions started and kept by various families. On a day that’s all about […]

1 year ago

Why author Peter Cosgrove thinks we need to get the whole family Unplugged

Why author Peter Cosgrove thinks we need to get the whole family Unplugged

How do we get the family unplugged? This is the question I had for author and dad Peter Cosgrove who recently released a series of books aimed at doing just that. With 12 per cent of 8 to 13-year-olds now spending up to the equivalent of 61 days a year online, I wanted to know Peter’s […]

4 years ago

Giving our children experiences rather than toys makes them more intelligent

Giving our children experiences rather than toys makes them more intelligent

Very interesting. The run up to Christmas and birthdays often fills me with dread as I know my kids are about to get an influx of gifts that really they don’t need. I try to stay as zero waste as possible but it can be difficult when grandparents and aunts and uncles want to naturally […]

4 years ago

Looking after grandkids can add 5 years to grandparents’ lives

Looking after grandkids can add 5 years to grandparents’ lives

Do you ever feel guilty for yet again calling on your parents to babysit? …or when you ask them to get the kids from creche when you suddenly find yourself running late from the office? Don’t. You are not troubling them – you are instead doing them a massive favour. At least if this study […]

4 years ago