If what you want is fun day trips and visits rather than jetting off to somewhere exotic then here's some family-friendly activities to turn a good half term into a great one:
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Despite half of parents surveyed saying storytelling time enables them to spend quality time with their children, and 47 per cent knowing their children enjoy having stories read to them, UK parents ...
Choosing the right pram, pushchair or buggy (whichever term you prefer!) can often be a daunting prospect for new parents. With so many different styles, shapes and sizes of pushchair ...
The survey, which polled more than 1,000 UK parents aged between 25-75 years, found the cautious drive home from the maternity ward with a new family member was the single ...
Common tricks include deliberately igniting arguments between them, banning them from seeing each other and purposely not passing on telephone messages.
Others have gone as far as to follow their offspring ...
Researchers found the typical family now has two children, owns a blue Ford and spends £81.92 a week on food shopping.
They also have an average income of £39,223, own three ...
When it comes to shopping for baby food and toys, parents suffer from a range of highly conflicting psychological impulses: highly passionate, yet distinctly rational; driven by passion, limited by ...
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Part of Hoseasons Go Active Breaks, Oakdene Forest is set amidst the wild surroundings of the New Forest and boasts scenery, right on the doorstep, of the Hurn Forest and ...
Fighting, screaming kids and near miss incidents, with the new school year now well and truly underway, it’s little wonder that seven out of ten mums claim to find the ...
Amazon.co.uk has launched ‘Amazon Family’, a new membership programme to help parents and families save time and money on their shopping.
Customers can sign up at www.amazon.co.uk/family and gain access to ...
Leading charity Railway Children is calling on parents to talk to their children about the issue of running away from home, after new research revealed that almost half of British ...
Best known for her hugely successful BBC3 documentaries, 31-year-old Cherry Healey has become a much-loved TV presenter all around the UK with a huge following of more than 77,000 people ...
Best known for her hugely successful BBC3 documentaries, 31-year-old Cherry Healey has become a much-loved TV presenter all around the UK with a huge following of more than 77,000 people ...
Pools and water activities are the most important element of a family resort holiday, followed by spacious and potentially adjoining guest rooms, according to the latest Hilton Blue Paper - ...
Holidays and friends staying over also featured high on the list so the half term week with a clock change at the end, is likely to create a major challenge ...
The early days of parenthood can be tiring, frightening and a huge learning process, but don't despair if you're a new mum, just give it four months and 23 days ...
With GCSEs set to be replaced by the more traditional, exam-based English Baccalaureate, the survey’s findings are a sharp rebuke to the new exam and schools that focus obsessively on ...
Royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton were voted top of the poll by UK mums and dads, of pre-school age children, as the Godparents they would most want for their ...
As part of ongoing research into the parenting habits of Britons, popular discount website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk conducted a study of 1,186 UK parents in a bid to discover more about how they ...
To ensure travellers make the most of their holiday money before travelling and whilst abroad, Terry Perrin from American Express Foreign Exchange Services recommends the following:
1. Check age ranges – From airlines to ...
Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies made the announcement and the programme is due to begin next week.
The initiative aims to boost the short-term immunity passed on by pregnant women ...
With the iPhone 5 launch fresh off the press, research from Hotels.com reveals that more Brits are dreaming of a career in technology than entertainment. The research, which polled 2000 ...
Findings by Kia show that two thirds of Mums find that their children distract them while driving and over four in ten Mums have had a near miss or a ...
The site’s wedding planners, based in both long and short haul destinations, typically found that over five years, they have seen on average a 17 per cent increase of couples with children ...
