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Do you eat together as a family? Â We do, but I am not polishing my halo. Â I am well aware of just how hard it can be to keep everyone happy and at the table at mealtimes. Â I have had a fair few battles behind me, but decided that family mealtimes were worth the challenge.
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Screen time, is it a big issue in your home? Â I try to prevent it being one in ours by having strict rules that we stick to, but it doesn’t stop me being concerned with that the boys can or might see on the internet. Â I have a free printable screen rules download for you.
As a mum of two boys it sometimes feels like I am parenting aliens. My best friend has four boys aged between three and eleven. Â So my main experience is with boys they are different to how was as a child and they are different to the girls I know (I have two nieces).
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I know, I know, school hasn’t even finished yet in most of the UK and I am talking about planning for going back to school. But trust me on this one, you really need to be planning for going back to school now.
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There’s no denying that over the long summer holidays children lose the momentum they’ve had for learning over the previous year at school. Key concepts might be forgotten and they could simply get out of the habit of applying their brain on a regular basis. It is beneficial to your children to keep their brains
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It is hard to believe that Alvin has been part of The Mad House for over two years now. Â It is hard to imagine our lives without him. Â He brings us much joy and completes us. Â We are a family of give. Â So much so that we actually look for holidays and breaks that we
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Do you have adventurous kids? I do, in fact they are far braver than me. Nothing seems to scare my lads and there is nothing they enjoy more than an outdoor adventure. But the trick to getting your kids outdoors is to turn outdoor activities into outdoor adventures!
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Both of my boys love mathematics.  They enjoy the challenge that they get from doing maths questions and learning their times tables. They both have since starting school and fort Maxi even before he started school.  When we were offered a free trial of The Maths Factor, a site set up by Carol Vordeman I jumped
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Often we focus on having fun over the summer and making it a great time for us and the kids. Â I want to make this summer great for everyone and encourage the kids to do random acts of kindness through the summer, like we did at Christmas.
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