Parenting News

Parenting on Female First
13 June 2013

Half of UK mums-to-be work until last weeks of pregnancy
Kate Middleton begins her maternity leave today, one month before her due date on the 13th July, and it seems that UK mums are following her late maternity leave trend. Fifty ...

Parenting News: Parents Struggling to Pass on Confidence to Children
12 June 2013

Parenting News: Parents Struggling to Pass on Confidence to Children
Teaching children to be confident is one of the most important lessons you could teach them but it seems that today’s parents are struggling to pass on confidence. Over a third ...

Parenting on Female First
12 June 2013

Over half of UK dads avoid singing nursery rhymes to their kids
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jack and Jill, and This Little Piggy bring back floods of memories for the adults of today, but the next generation might not have such fond ...

Parenting News: Modern Family Communicates Through Calling, Texting and Social Networking
11 June 2013

Parenting News: Modern Family Communicates Through Calling, Texting and Social Networking
Instead of face-to-to face conversation, many families now communicate through texting, calling, emails, texting, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. In fact, the modern family keeps in touch ...

Parenting on Female First
10 June 2013

Baby showers are costing Brits over £500 a year
Kate Middleton will be the first Royal to host a baby shower to welcome the Royal baby in a matter of weeks. It seems that she is buckling to the typically ...

That'll keep them busy!
9 June 2013

Parenting News: Average Parent Takes 3 gadgets on Holiday to ‘Babysit’ Kids
You’ve been dreaming about your holiday for too long now. You keep getting yourself excited for a well-deserved relaxing break. You can’t wait to enjoy the sun and put all ...

Parenting News: Working Mums Would Take a Pay Cut for More Balanced Life
6 June 2013

Parenting News: Working Mums Would Take a Pay Cut for More Balanced Life
Being a mother is said to be a job in itself so when tough financial times mean that a mother has to take on full-time work too, it can often ...

Parenting on Female First
5 June 2013

Parents can’t switch off from work on holiday
Family holidays are designed so that you can get away from all of lives stresses and focus on family time. Unfortunately, for two thirds of parents it is also used to ...

Parenting News: Working Mums Feel Employers Should Give More Flexibility
5 June 2013

Parenting News: Working Mums Feel Employers Should Give More Flexibility
When many women return to work after childbirth they often find that they can no longer work in the position that they had before they went on maternity leave. Instead, they ...

VIDEO: Prince William Supports Bid to Get More Children Learning to Swim
4 June 2013

VIDEO: Prince William Supports Bid to Get More Children Learning to Swim
Take a look at this video of Prince William highlighting why it is so important to learn how to swim and why he is backing the bid to get more ...

Parenting News: Majority of British Women Feel Pressured to Become a Yummy Mummy
4 June 2013

Parenting News: Majority of British Women Feel Pressured to Become a Yummy Mummy
Child birth changes a woman’s body significantly but with all these celebrity mums snapping right back into shape after the birth, it is putting immense pressure on the normal women ...

Parenting News: It Costs Over £51,000 to Raise a Child
3 June 2013

Parenting News: It Costs Over £51,000 to Raise a Child
If you’re planning on having children in the future then you might want to start saving now, as new research shows that parents will spend over £51,000 on their children. The ...

Parenting News: Buggy Theft is on the Rise
2 June 2013

Parenting News: Buggy Theft is on the Rise
Buying a buggy is an essential part of getting around with a new born child and buggies are now becoming big business. The average price of a buggy is £467 and ...

Parenting on Female First
31 May 2013

Over half of new fathers feel nervous holding their own baby
Becoming a parent holds full of emotions, not least being incredibly scary! New dads seem to be getting the brunt of this as 60 per cent have revealed that they were ...

Parenting News: Children are Reluctant to Share Their Worries with Parents
30 May 2013

Parenting News: Children are Reluctant to Share Their Worries with Parents
Children are known for their carefree, go get ‘em attitude but now, more and more children are beginning to worry and, worst of all, aren’t sharing their worries with their ...

Parenting News: Street Dance Voted as the Coolest Skill for Kids
29 May 2013

Parenting News: Street Dance Voted as the Coolest Skill for Kids
If you’ve been watching Britain’s Got Talent over the last few years then you’ll have seen that street dance acts are taking over. This is just one of the reasons why ...

Parenting News: Mums are Run-Ragged by Kids After They’ve Been Returned from Grandparents
28 May 2013

Parenting News: Mums are Run-Ragged by Kids After They’ve Been Returned from Grandparents
Every child loves going to their grandparents due to getting spoilt rotten whenever they visit, but mums feel rather differently about packing the children off to their grandparents. Although they may ...

Parenting on Female First
28 May 2013

Technology is increasing stress levels in children
There is no denying that children have moved away from traditional outdoor activities in favour of Xbox’s and iPad’s but new research shows that this in causing more stress for ...

Parenting News: Nannies Favour Traditional Methods
24 May 2013

Parenting News: Nannies Favour Traditional Methods
When it comes to taking care of children, modern day nannies are still taking the Mary Poppins’ approach. They have admitted that they don’t like to use technology when undertaking childcare ...

Commando Joes'
23 May 2013

Commando Joes’ military style fitness course for schools
  Commando Joes’ was founded by Mike Hamilton in 2009 and is the largest military-style fitness and educational teaching service for schools across the UK. The idea is that the course ...

VIDEO: More Than Half of British Children Cannot Swim
23 May 2013

VIDEO: More Than Half of British Children Cannot Swim
New research has shown that many children are not getting the recommended amount of swimming lessons, leaving them unable to swim when they leave primary school. Take a look at this ...

Explore Shakespeare App
23 May 2013

Parenting news: 'Explore Shakespeare.' The easy way to revise Shakespeare.
It’s the time of year where your children are stressing out over exams, which means, as a parent, you do a lot of stressing yourself.  They are studying the literature ...

Parenting on Female First
22 May 2013

Quality family time beats money and career in quest for happiness
When on the quest of happiness we’re constantly told that having money and a successful career to fund buying material possessions are what will make us happy. But living in the ...

Parenting News: Tech Savvy Children Secretly Know Parents’ Passwords
22 May 2013

Parenting News: Tech Savvy Children Secretly Know Parents’ Passwords
We’ve all heard the stories of children running up massive bills on their parents’ account through games on their tablet and laptops, and now we know why. Eight in ten children ...