Over half of the population (59 per cent) checks in with mum for advice on cleaning, cooking and childcare, while a third of the population (36 per cent) consults the ...
The research, which examined the social media habits of 18-25 year olds, reveals the nation’s most obsessed Facebook users, those who log on over 20 times a day, spend a ...
A new study by MyVoucherCodes has revealed the costs facing parents getting teenagers back to school as the new term starts; with those sending their children to schools and colleges without ...
A study found School jumpers were the most common item of clothing to go missing, followed by P.E. kit then plimsolls / trainers and socks.
Two thirds of parents polled said they lost ...
Expert predictions of a sell-out October half term could soon be a reality as travel comparison website TravelSupermarket reports an increase of 23 per cent in searches for the week ...
Hectic lifestyles mean seven in ten mums are forced to regularly leave their children to play unsupervised while they carry out household chores, according to a new study of 2,000 ...
Uniforms are ironed, lunchboxes are prepared and bags are packed; it can mean only one thing – the school run has started again. But it’s not the children dreading the ...
This equates to an average of £11 billion each year in childcare ‘wages’, as 5.8 million grandparents in the UK regularly provide childcare for their grandchildren.
The ‘21st Century Grandparenting’ report, ...
The mum-of-three looked stunning in a knee-length blue and pink dress teamed with nude court shoes. She also presented a donation cheque, on behalf of Mamas & Papas, to the local midwifery ...
As kids across the UK reluctantly head back to school this week, a survey conducted by restaurant chain Table Table and parenting website Netmums, has revealed that parents in Brighton ...
A study of the nation’s best-loved sounds found that laughing babies are polite to the ears scoring fourth position in a table of 50 most-loved sounds.
Although babies push ahead on cuteness, Brits ...
New research, from Petits Filous, suggests keeping kids busy comes at a cost as a fifth of parents are paying £7 on average for their children’s after school activities.
A third ...
There are currently an estimated 14 million grandparents in the UK. Nearly half of those surveyed by national family charity Care for the Family, used to see their own grandparents on ...
Coping with a child being unwell, getting into a new routine and bedwetting were all rated as key stresses faced by mums.
Helping a child through their first day at a ...
This bizarre and counterintuitive habit may seem peculiar given the current economic climate, but it’s actually very canny; the simple truth is that a ‘sharecation’ is often cheaper per person ...
There may be a perception that women are filled with dread at the thought of an ‘empty nest’, but new research reveals the average age a mum thinks their kids ...
The study of 2,000 parents found that of the top 20 regrets, parents mainly regretted working too much, not playing with their child more often and waiting too long before ...
The vending machine has taken specialists over four months to develop and construct with bespoke features to make it easy for toddlers to operate. Standing at only 115cm tall, it ...
Gold medal winners have enthused a generation of parents to name their offspring after these inspirational podium-place heroes, according to research by Cussons Mum & Me, following the announcement of ...
The research, commissioned by the Nominet Trust, also revealed that some of those surveyed were embarrassed to admit to even friends that they didn’t understand how to use the internet ...
With 85 per cent of Little Chef customers stopping off when on a long drive and 66 per cent on the way to a UK holiday, Little Chef have noticed a resurgence ...
Paralympic fever is gripping children across the UK with over three quarters of British kids who have had the chance to try a Paralympic sport wanting to do it again, ...
Adding the school run back into busy mornings can often mean that parents end up skipping breakfast.New research by healthy, seed-based snack bar range 9bar, has revealed that two thirds of ...
