Parenting

17 December 2012

Family travel advice: Five top tips for having a peaceful journey

5 top tips for peaceful journeys: 1. Know your route - traditionalists might like to plot a route in advance, but in car technology has made it quicker and easier than ever before ...
16 December 2012

Parenting trend: Mums-to-be sharing pregnancies online

Findings from a joint survey from parenting site Netmums and the Department of Health’s Start4Life campaign have lifted the lid on the growing trends around how mums-to-be are sharing their ...
16 December 2012

Parenting News: Mum rap Video used to Launch new Fiat 500L

The Motherhood feat. Fiat 500L is the name of the artists and everyday life as a mother is depicted through this incredibly creative, funny and honest rap. In preparation for next ...
15 December 2012

Parenting Advice: Hints and tips to tackle spills and stains at Christmas

With the Christmas holidays upon us, the carpet cleaning experts at ServiceMaster Clean offer some simple advice on how to deal with the inevitable spills and stains that follow kids ...
15 December 2012

Parenting News: Two Thirds of Kids' New Mobile Phones Will Go Uninsured This Christmas

More than a quarter of parents will buy their children mobile phones this Christmas, but more than two thirds of them will not be insuring them.Research by the UK’s leading ...
14 December 2012

Parenting News: One in 10 Parents being Conned online

New research carried out by VoucherCodesPro.co.uk has shown that 11 per cent of British parents has fallen victim to spam emails during the run up to Christmas. Out of 1642 people ...
14 December 2012

Parenting News: Video Games top Christmas Most Wanted list for Children

Research reveals more families will play games together this Christmas than attend carol services or nativity plays, but Christmas pester power may result in inappropriate games being purchased. Christmas is upon ...
14 December 2012

Do bad grotto Santas ruin the real Father Christmas’ good reputation for children?

Shopping centre Santas are giving Christmas grottos and the genuine Father Christmas a bad name with bad dress sense and poor attitudes to the important tasks of gift-giving and naughty-or-nice ...
14 December 2012

Five top tips on how to film Nativity plays

As the Christmas season draws upon us, many parents will be gearing up to take on their annual role as ‘Movie Director’ to film their little one’s starring moment in ...
14 December 2012

Parenting News: Rugby Stars Launch Tackling Numbers Campaign (VIDEO)

Hard on the heels of the recent government announcement that calculators will be banned in primary school exams and severely restricted in lessons, a host of rugby stars have helped ...
14 December 2012

Six safety tips to keep children away from poisonous harm this Christmas

The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is calling on parents, grandparents, friends and family to ensure medicines and cleaning products are out of sight and reach of young children and ...
13 December 2012

Parenting News: Prince Harry Crowned World’s Coolest Uncle

The Duchess of Cambridge hasn’t even given birth yet, but, with months to go, brother-in-law Harry has been crowned the world’s coolest uncle. With all the talk about William and Kate ...
13 December 2012

Parents’ diet has more Influence on what kids eat than doctors or TV celebrities

Food habits developed as a child stay with you forever, and what you were fed as a youngster influences eating habits in later life, more than TV or advice from ...
13 December 2012

12 Scientific tricks to keep the kids entertained this Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…a science experiment with my Christmas tree. The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair has teamed up with ...
13 December 2012

Parenting News: Foreign Office Reports rise in Parental Child Abduction Cases

Cases of parental child abduction have risen by 88 per cent in just under a decade, according to new figures published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Despite parental child ...
13 December 2012

Parenting News: Celebrity Sung ‘Tommy’s Tape’ Available to Download for first time in 20 Years

Popular collection of nursery rhymes, songs and poems performed by celebrity supporters of baby charity Tommy’s is now available as a digital download for the first time.  Produced by legendary record ...
12 December 2012

12 Places in the UK to keep the kids entertained this Christmas

Keeping the kids entertained over the 12 days of Christmas is no easy task, especially once the presents have been opened and played with. Don’t despair, help is on hand ...
12 December 2012

Parenting News: Millions of Mums feel Trapped in Groundhog Day

Millions of mums feel trapped in Groundhog Day, amid the never-changing routine of looking after the kids and keeping on top of the housework, research has revealed. Experts who studied ...
12 December 2012

Take That Star's Daughter Rated as Having Least Favourite Celebrity baby Name

Take That star, Mark Owen and wife Emma Ferguson’s unusual choice of naming their daughter Fox India, has been rated the worst celebrity baby moniker in a new poll of ...
12 December 2012

Megan Fox’s son Noah is Crowned best Celebrity Baby Name of 2012

Noah, the son of Transformers star Megan Fox has won his first crown at just two-months-old, as he is awarded the accolade of being the best named celebrity baby of ...
12 December 2012

Parenting advice: 10 Money-saving tips for Christmas

Hannah Hill, Money for Life volunteer and Halifax branch manager’s top 10 tips to save money this Christmas: 1. The average Brit spends more than £17 on Christmas cards and postage ...
11 December 2012

Duchess of Cambridge Found it “Nerve-Racking” to Discover she was Pregnant

The Duchess of Cambridge described finding out whether she was pregnant or not, as the “most nerve-racking moment” of her life, according to former school friend Jessica Hay. The duchess - ...
11 December 2012

Duchess of Cambridge ‘Loves’ the name Diana

The Duchess of Cambridge has previously revealed to close friends that she likes the names Diana or Victoria if she has a baby girl. Kate’s old school friend Jessica Hay says ...
11 December 2012

Pregnancy morning sickness: Nine natural remedies

Following the news that The Duchess of Cambridge is suffering from severe morning sickness, here are some of the UK's leading health experts to help shed light on this condition ...