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Stop Scrolling, Start Painting: Why Analog Hobbies Are The Ultimate Daily Reset

Can paint by numbers really reduce stress and screen time? Discover how analog hobbies reset the brain, reshape focus and create calm in a hyperconnected world. Learn practical tips for building a daily creative habit that actually restores you.

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How kids can express themselves through designing their room

Brilliant bedrooms: How kids can express themselves through designing their room

It’s important that your children have a space to call their own at home. If you’re planning to redecorate or refurnish, Suzanne Pearce from Casa Bella Furniture discusses how involving your kids in their bedroom design can be a great way to let them express themselves .

Your child’s bedroom is more than...

Stress-Less Mama book release for new mothers

Stress-Less Mama book release for new mothers: tackling postpartum stress and anxiety

Author Yana Abramova is a mother of one and a founder of the First Time Mums UK network who went through postpartum depression herself and successfully recovered. In this book, she shares practical tools to handle the inevitable stress we all experience during the first few years of motherhood. At the end of...

Star Stable Entertainment announces the return of annual Halloween Festival

10th October 2022: Star Stable Entertainment have announced plans for the return of its annual Halloween Festival, which will include a range of in-game activities, quests and rewards for players to celebrate the season.

Spanning across 4 weeks, the Halloween festival is one of the platform’s most popular festivals and will take place between 12 th October until 9 th November ,...

5 winter safety hazards for parents to watch out for

Winter is a great season for family time, from having fun in the snow to enjoying cosy nights in playing games and watching films. But just like in the summer months, there are also a number of hazards for parents to watch out for at this time of year. These hazards can occur both outside the home in the chilly weather, as well as inside from heat sources.

Fortunately with some...

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How to Style Your Growing Baby Bump

Stylish Doesn’t Have To Mean Uncomfortable! Here’s How to Style Your Growing Baby Bump Congratulations! Having a baby on the way is a thrilling experience, so make every second count. The early stages of pregnancy, when your beloved bump first starts to show, can be most overwhelming, especially when you realise that none of your clothes fit anymore, and your style will probably need to change...

Exeter To Boast One Of The Best Baby Feeding Spots In The UK

In order to support parents, baby feeding brand Fraupow have joined forces with The Guildhall Shopping Centre to create an oasis of calm in the heart of Exeter where parents and babies will always be warmly welcomed for some time out.

One of the primary concerns of new parents is feeding their babies, and how they will manage to make that work whilst out and about enjoying life....

Give Playtime the Lalaboom Factor with Montessori Inspired Toy

Bursting with colour and promising endless play opportunities, the dynamic Lalaboom beads have been designed to grow with little ones from 10 months to 4 years old. The unique and high-quality toys have been cleverly designed to pop, snap, twist, mix, screw, clip, lace, build and stack to awaken the senses.

The super fun, educational toys will let children’s imaginations run free,...

Three quarters of mothers felt abandoned during maternity leave, research shows

NEW LEAGUE TABLE RANKS UK COMPANIES’ PATERNITY PACKAGES REVEALING HALF OF PARENTS NOT HAPPY WITH LEAVE OFFERED

A new ‘Paternity League’ table reorders the top 50 ‘Best Places to Work’ list based on their paternity leave offering
It comes as research reveals almost half of parents (46%) who have children aged five or under have been dissatisfied with their paternity

DRY ANOTHER DAY: SWAP THE TUMBLE DRYER FOR A HEATED AIRER TO SAVE £85 A YEAR

With energy prices higher than ever - and more households delaying turning on their central heating, bill-payers can save £85 a year by swapping a tumble dryer for alternatives like a heated airer[1]
Almost 11 million households — 39% of homes — own a tumble dryer, using it for almost two hours a week [2]
Dehumidifiers can reduce condensation caused by letting

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Tim Peake and Maggie Aderin-Pocock challenge young people to make future space travel more environmentally friendly in special issue of The Week Junior Science+Nature

The UK space stars are inspiring children to have "big, crazy dreams" in the space special issue of The Week Junior Science+Nature's first guest-edited edition, published to mark World Space Week 2022, between 4-10 October, during which thousands of participants from over 90 countries will be celebrating ‘Space and Sustainability’.

The Week Junior Science+Nature's World Space Week...