The tween years and battles for independence
Our eldest daughter is becoming fiercely independent. She’s nine years old and, essentially in the tween years and wow, do we know it.
May 14, 2018
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Family finances
Worrying about life insurance? The Post Office has it covered.
When a baby arrives on the scene, mum and dad have a huge amount to worry about. It’s quite understandable, especially if it’s their first child.
May 9, 2018
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Education
The cost of family life
A dad I know once gave me a fascinating insight into the true cost of family life. He was reeling off a list of items he was buying his teenage kids for Christmas.
April 16, 2018
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Family Life & parenting
An eye-catching light installation and the story of the massive spreadsheet
I had such grand photographic plans for my blog this week. It was to feature bright flowers to mark Easter. As you can no doubt tell from the image below of this eye-catching light installation , that never came to pass.
April 1, 2018
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Family Life & parenting
Cocoon home security system review
I have recently become more than a little obsessed with home security. This is not without its reasons as we recently experienced an attempted break-in in the early hours while we were all asleep inside our family home.
March 31, 2018
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