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If you’re planning a baby shower and finding the process a little overwhelming you are not alone! In the UK over 8700 people search for ‘baby shower ideas’ each month.

If you’re planning a baby shower for a practical parent, someone looking for more of a low-key sprinkle or you’re just looking for something a little different to the traditional celebration then read on.

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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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Schools are being advised to work in partnership with councils and consider targeted family support or home visits where there are barriers to attending school.

This is part of a package of new and innovative measures to ensure that more children are...

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...

• 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...

It was a long hot summer and here we are again – time to get ready for the Back To School routine. Thankfully, Yoto, the audio platform for kids behind the critically acclaimed and award-winning, screen-free Yoto Player, and Yoto Mini, is here to help.

YOTO HELPS KIDS PREPARE FOR THE CLASSROOM

Kids enjoy the all-too-rare freedom to choose what they want to do. And true...

• The NSPCC-run service has seen a 30% increase in counselling about exam result concerns
• Children shared fears that the pandemic hugely impacted their learning and would be reflected in their results

New figures from Childline show rising anxiety levels about exam results amongst children and young people during the last year.

The pandemic meant that...

• 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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• 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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• Nuffield Health has launched new programme “Move together”, hosting free exercise classes across the country in the holidays to help parents struggling to get kids active
• This launch comes after a new survey reveals just 12% of young girls and 27% of boys plan to play sport this summer
• Classes are being held every week in sites across the UK, including Taunton and
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