Something I never really noticed before becoming a parent was how heavily gendered toys can be. The impact of this on the way children play and develop is clear for all to see. Not too long after I became a dad and started blogging, I became aware of the Let Toys Be Toys campaign.
Last week I took my daughters back to my parents place for a few days. They had been told some weeks back that a visit to granny and grampy was planned. Both girls were very excited at this prospect, more so because granny had promised to take them lambing. My stepfather wasn’t around all that
The summer holidays have ended and the autumn school term has begun. This means one thing; an onslaught of articles in various media outlets featuring lists of the “10 kinds of mum you will meet in the school playground”. To my surprise, this is an unexpected benefit of being a stay at home dad (SAHD).
