Where is the flexible childcare?
Just as my youngest daughter is leaving pre-school, I have realised something, something I should have noticed years ago. Namely, flexible childcare is very hard to arrange within the UK.
Just as my youngest daughter is leaving pre-school, I have realised something, something I should have noticed years ago. Namely, flexible childcare is very hard to arrange within the UK.
If there’s one group of individuals I’ve always felt concern for, it’s young parents. Some research just published by Leeds Beckett University confirms such sentiments are not misplaced, certainly when it comes to dads.
Last night I found myself in Woking. It’s a town I’ve been to a few times, but never explored in any great detail.
You’ve probably heard the story: a well-known retailer stuck a poorly-worded label in some of its school uniform. The label suggested the reinforced hems in its clothing would stay in place making “less work for mum” who wouldn’t have to sew them up again.
In the latest of my Graco product reviews, I am looking at the Swivi Seat. It’s a stunningly simple concept: a booster sweet that swivels 180 degrees. When I first saw one of these, I immediately thought “wow”. When Izzy, our youngest daughter, was a small toddler we had a few issues at mealtimes and