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How to Still Connect With Your Child Once They’ve Left for University

Your children moving to university marks the end of an era and the beginning of their independence. While your kids might be ready to go, you might be feeling a bit nervous about them taking on the world by themselves.

These feelings are understandable. One minute you’re ironing their school uniform, the next they’re adults, with a suitcase full of clothes moving onto a new stage of...

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Best-selling authors unite in mission to make the magic of reading accessible to all

A star-studded cast of award-winning authors, poets and illustrators have come to together to take part in an online children’s literature festival whose mission is to make literature accessible for all.

Reading is Magic Festival aims to promote creativity and connection through stories and shared experiences. Taking place between Monday 26 – Friday 30 September 2022 the festival is free and...

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SCHOOLCHILDREN MISS OUT ON ALMOST TWO FULL DAYS OF SLEEP OVER SUMMER

SLEEP EXPERT REVEALS FIVE TIPS FOR GETTING YOUR CHILDREN BACK INTO A HEALTHY SLEEP ROUTINE AS THEY GO BACK-TO-SCHOOL

  • Youngsters get an hour’s more sleep per night during term time compared to over the summer holidays
  • It takes parents nine days on average to get their child back into their sleep routine at the start of the academic year
  • Kids wake up an
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How to get your child to stick to a bedtime routine

As summer holidays are nearing an end, parents are being provided with useful tips to help get the kids back into a bedtime routine before term time begins. The fitted bedroom experts at Online-Bedrooms.co.uk have explored easy-to-follow ways to get the children to get back into a reasonable sleeping pattern. With schools closed and the evenings getting brighter, sleeping routines are all...

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Expert Reveals Top Tips for Stress Free Car Travel with Children

  • Hamish McPhillips, Head of Car Safety at Silver Cross and dad of two, gives his tips for stress free car travel
  • Google searches for “family road trip tips” up 100% year on year as families look to getaway

The summer holidays can be a busy time for parents, and it’s when most families get to go on holiday. Google search data has shown searches for “family road...

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Heading Back to School with Fruit Bowl!

Put the Fun Into Fruit with Fruit Bowl: Making Kids Snacking Yummier One Bite At A Time

UK based children’s snack company Fruit Bowl create every day fruit snacks and yummy fruit treats – many of which contribute towards your 5 a day – making it easier for parents to give their children nibbles that they enjoy!

The range of Fruit Bowl products is split into snacks and treats...

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Short break summer activities for families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

We've heard that holidays are often difficult for families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and you’ve said that more information is needed about the choices available for support. We’ve taken this on board and are pleased to say that there are lots of activities available still this summer, thanks to the small grants scheme.

Our small...

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Children's piggy banks hit as parents adapt to cost of living pressures

  • Average weekly pocket money is down 23 per cent year-on-year from £6.48 to £4.99, new research reveals
  • Mums and dads are feeling the pinch most from increasing energy and food bills; half would rather sacrifice spending on their own leisure activities to protect pocket money
  • Halifax reveals the economic impact on pocket money over last 35 years

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Research Reveals Modern Parents in the South West Are the Most Lenient in History

  • Over half of modern parents in the South West set few or inconsistent rules for their children
  • 64 percent of older generations adopted a clear, strict style of parenting
  • Over two thirds of parents in the region claim they spend more quality time with their children than their parents did with them
  • 58 percent feel they show more love and affection than
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TV naturalist and Toyota RAV4 Plug-in driver Steve Backshall suggests summer adventures to engage children with nature

Toyota has teamed up with naturalist and adventurer Steve Backshall to provide ideas for adventures in nature, to keep kids amused during the summer holidays.

Steve, a father of three young children and presenter of Deadly 60 and Expedition with Steve Backshall, is passionate about encouraging children to be free in nature. He and his wife, two-time Olympic champion and triple world...

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