Parenting News

8 December 2009

Kids Want A Pet? Help A Charity and Make A Difference

Have the kids asked for a pet this Christmas? No need to worry about finding a puppy that won't need training, a bird that doesn't like to tweet till 3am ...
6 December 2009

Melissa George Books In Baby Time

After nine years of marriage Australian actress Melissa George has decided its time to have a baby.The star has freed up her schedule to enable her and husband Claudio Dabed ...
4 December 2009

Santa Sleepover - One For The Kids

This year Alton Towers is the place where Santa has come to prepare before the big night.It will be fun to take the children away for a night of family ...
3 December 2009

Dads Want To Stay At Home

According to The Children’s Mutual, a leading Child Trust Fund provider, more dads are choosing to stay at home than work, with as many as one in six choosing to ...
3 December 2009

Out And About This Christmas

With less than a month until Christmas day approaches, it's about time we started getting into the festive spirit and getting the diary chocker block with things to do in ...
2 December 2009

Ode to the to-do list

As much as you may have been putting it off, Christmas without planning is like Madonna without Kabbalah, so make this the day where you sit down, discuss and write ...
17 November 2009

Mobile Phones: What Is The Cost?

For more and more young people a mobile phone is top of their list for Christmas and, with the promise of being able to contact their children at anytime, parents ...
11 November 2009

Children & Dealing With Bereavement

Research reveals that schools are struggling to support bereaved pupils and need more help to do it effectively.   The charity The Amy & Tom project, an initiative aimed at helping children ...
6 November 2009

A Minute For Madeleine

The UK’s national law enforcement centre for protecting children the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has today issued an online viral message aimed at anyone close to the ...

6 November 2009

Children In Need Auction

Get your paws on the stuff of the stars and help raise money for disadvantaged children across the UK by bidding in this year’s BBC Children in Need auction. The ...
6 November 2009

Sam & Mark Take On Kids For Children In Need

The PopCap Celebrity Play-Offs in association with Welcome Break raised plenty of cash in aid of BBC Children in Need in Birmingham where CBBC presenters Sam & Mark challenged locals ...
5 November 2009

Be Safe On Bonfire Night

According to research, every year ten people lose their sight due to fireworks and over half of all firework related injuries are suffered by children.With eighty-one per cent of the ...
2 November 2009

Are Young People Really 'Good For Nothing?'

Today sees the launch of a new campaign that aims to spark a debate around whether young people really are ‘Good for Nothing’. Turning negative youth stereotypes on their head, ...

23 October 2009

Parents Struggle With Their Toddler's Diet

Nine out of ten (92%) UK parents admit they’re not confident they know what their toddler’s healthy diet should consist of, reveals new research.Two fifths (39%) go further admitting they’re ...
23 October 2009

Denise Lewis Backs Cycling Campaign

A national campaign to recruit more than 1,000 cycling instructors is being launched today by Olympic gold medallist, Denise Lewis - with the focus of the recruitment drive aimed at ...
14 October 2009

Sinitta Backs Literacy Campaign

The importance of literacy is obvious. Everywhere you look, you see words on signs, on buses, in books.Adults who can’t read risk becoming isolated from society which is why it’s ...
14 October 2009

Parents Can't Cope With Choking Child

If your baby or child choked or stopped breathing, would you know what to do to save their life? A recent survey commissioned by the Tesco Baby & Toddler Club ...

2 October 2009

Parent's Nutritional Knowledge Comfort Zone Identified

Research has identified that parents in England fall into a nutritional knowledge ‘comfort zone’ as their thirst for nutritional knowledge dries up as children get older. The poll, commissioned by the ...
23 September 2009

1 Million Children with Undetected Vision Problems

Up to 1 million children in the UK will go back to school this autumn with an undetected vision problem that can interfere with their learning. Despite this disturbing figure, research ...

15 September 2009

Soothe The School Run Stress

As children across the country go back to school this week, mums will already be experiencing the stress of the school run.New research just launched found that over half of ...

11 September 2009

Back To School Brits Need To Keep Clean

As parents lovingly pack their little ones off to school, the national health and hygiene concerns are still top of the agenda.New research from SCA (one of the world’s leading ...

4 September 2009

Breastfeeding- What You Should Know

Breastfeeding is natural and has benefits for both mums and babies. It should be easy and trouble-free, and a good start helps to ensure that is a happy experience.To establish ...
4 September 2009

Students Turn to Bank of Mum and Dad

Parents around the country may have finally have gotten rid of their teenagers as they head of to university this month- but don't get too excited Mum and Dad as ...
28 August 2009

Are Your Kids Entitled To A Free Lunch?

One in five (22%) parents on a low income are not checking if they are entitled to free school meals and could be throwing away food worth £700 a year ...