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I spent most of last weekend in a state of quiet disbelief before starting to question my thoughts on a particular matter. A very dear friend of mine informed me that she intended to bring her two-year-old daughter to one of the country’s many summer music festivals and, to be honest, I initially thought she was just a little out of her mind. Since I became a mum, I had a very clear stance on...

My seven-year-old son has recently learned that women get periods and, as a result of this, he has become increasingly concerned for the welfare of myself and his teenage sister. While I always assumed Alex would be respectful of girls and women, I didn’t quite anticipate this level of concern. I also didn’t expect he would familiarise himself so early with the workings of the female anatomy...

People always strive to be better and when it comes to parenthood, I always want to achieve more. I'm no Pinterest mum and my house is certainly not a show home, but I’m happy with the who I am and I have given up trying to be something I’m not. I let the housework go and some days we just stay in and don't do anything – and that’s completely fine. But while I think I’m doing OK...

There's the mum who juggles it all with a smile on her face, the mum who looks glamorous whilst dropping four or five kids to school and there's the mum who refuses to allow their child back out of their commitments. I'm the latter. The mum who would rather drag (not literally!) their child out of bed and into the cold for fear they miss one football session or one swimming lesson. Now...

When I was growing up I remember having blazing rows with my mother. They appeared to stem from absolutely nothing, but escalated quickly until it reached a crescendo which saw my face red with anger and my mother’s white with fury before we both collapsed in a heap of exhausted tears. I was under no illusions that I would likely suffer the same fate with my little girl once she hit her teens...

When I became pregnant with Ella, I became a woman possessed. I demanded that photos were taken to document each and every step of the journey. For someone who is remarkably backward when it comes to technology, I insisted photos were backed up and the word ‘memory stick’ took on a whole new meaning. I don’t know, maybe I subconsciously knew Ella would be my first and last so I didn’t want...

Myself and my husband celebrated our sixteenth wedding anniversary earlier this month. And subsequently found ourselves wandering nervously through the halls of a five star hotel and spa which my husband booked on a whim before remembering that, as a couple, we simply can’t handle this amount of fancy. The pressure gets to us, if I’m honest. We both feel the need to meet the romantic...

Expectant mums are often made to feel that pregnancy will be one seamless, peaceful journey where at the end we pop (not literally!) a beautiful little baby out; however this couldn’t have been further from the truth for me. Thankfully, I didn’t have any complications during my nine months and I know it can be a lot worse for other mums-to-be, but, to be honest, it totally freaked me out. Like...

I recently became aware of an online campaign which called for a minimum age requirement to be implemented with regards ear piercing and I, for one, am all for it. I normally subscribe to the ‘Live and let live’ school of thought, especially when it comes to parenting, but this is one of the few issues that really gets my back up. When I see an infant with studs pierced into her tiny lobes or...

I caught Joshua bullying a child in our estate on Saturday and suffice to say, I’m devastated. I’m horrified that my son dared treat another child in such a heartless manner and I’m heartbroken for the little boy who suffered at the hands of my own child that afternoon. What I encountered wasn’t playful jeering or a verbal spat between two children equally matched in both size and...