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When sharing isn’t caring

Just how much should we share images of our children on social media? When does it become too much? When does it appear boastful and when does it become a risk to our children’s health and wellbeing? What sort of digital footprint does this leave them? These are points I’ve been pondering over the past

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Lullaby Trust’s Beards for Babies. I’m in, are you?

I haven’t had a proper beard on my face for about 17 years. I’m about to grow another one as I participate in the Lullaby Trust’s Beards for Babies campaign. For those unfamiliar with the Lullaby Trust, it’s a charity that works with families affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Between 1 June and

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Should we do more to consider the mental health of new fathers?

Can you get the connection between all of the following; Supergrass, Radiohead, Ride, Lewis Carroll. J.R.R. Tolkein, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Ed Milliband, Iris Murdoch, Camilla Long? All either hail from Oxford or were educated there. You can add to that list a superb but little known reggae band called Makating plus my

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AIBU to deny being a super dad?

  A couple of days ago, I appeared in a feature in the Times magazine headlined Rise of the alpha dads. I was one of five stay at home dads talking about why we gave up our careers to look after the children. I was apprehensive about what would appear in print. Even so, I

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What’s it like, being a stay at home dad?

Read all about it! Read all about it! Yes, along with five other stay at home dads, I have today appeared in the Times magazine in a feature headlined Rise of the Alpha Dad. The feature is all about men who gave up careers to look after their children. I thought this presented me with

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