Parenting News

3 April 2014

Soaps out of touch with family life

Parents who are desperately seeking inspiration to keep the kids entertained this half term have revealed their disappointment with soap culture. New research, that studied over 2,800 TV soap scenes, has ...
3 April 2014

The 'Funspiration' Guide to Solve All Your Easter Holiday Worries

With the Easter holidays looming parents across the country are losing sleep concerned how to keep their kids entertained over the break. Rushing to the rescue of anxious parents is the ...
1 April 2014

'Cinderella Law' Set To Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children

MP's look to take further steps to protect vulnerable children. It has been announce that the government are considering a 'Cinderella Law' to protect children from emotional cruelty. The new law -which ...
24 March 2014

Child fitness comes down to their mother

Parents obviously have a huge influence in their child’s life, and a new study has revealed that when mothers are active, so are their children. The analysis of physical activity levels ...
18 March 2014

Family Mealtime Conversations Are Purely One Directional

Mealtimes provide parents with the perfect opportunity to bond and chat with their kids. However, if you’re children are too interested in their phones or respond with one worded answers, ...
27 February 2014

Average child eats just 5 meal types

Children across the UK aren't enjoying the benefits of a varied diet, as new research reveals that the average child under the age of 10 eats just 5 meal types for ...
29 January 2014

Budgeting for university a big worry for parents

University is a fantastic opportunity for anyone, but with cost of tuition fees at the highest, as a parent, it’s hard not to worry about the financial effects. A new online ...
29 January 2014

Parents worrying about child's safety on the way to school

Winter is still well and truly amongst us, with the days seemingly shorter and darker nights drawing in too quickly, makes us, as parents, a little more wary of our ...
16 January 2014

New mums don't enjoy first six months of motherhood

The average first-time mum doesn’t enjoy motherhood until the baby is six months old. New research has found that new mums rather than making the most of a new-borns’ precious first ...
9 January 2014

Proud parents on Facebook

It’s no secret that parents love talking about their youngsters to anyone who is willing to listen and it seems Facebook is the chosen social media platform in which they ...
7 January 2014

Manners Go Out The Window When It Comes To Mobiles

New research suggests that obsessive use of mobile phones is really testing the patience of friends and family. Brits have always prided themselves on good manners - and privately frowned upon ...
4 December 2013

It's the thought that counts this Christmas

Rumour has it that 93 per cent of parents have concerns about their friends and family spending a lot of money on them, when in fact 50 per cent said ...
26 November 2013

Doting dads twice as generous as UK mums

The run up to Christmas can be a little stressful, trying to get everything organised and ready for the big day and keeping within the budget that you set. We ...
20 November 2013

Kelly: I Want to Have a Girl

Kelly Clarkson is hoping her first child will be a girl. The former 'X Factor' USA winner, who announced her pregnancy on Twitter yesterday (19.11.13), a month after tying the knot ...
12 November 2013

What do kids of 2013 really want?

When it comes to keeping the children happy and entertained it’s easy to think that the advances of technology will bring a huge smile to their faces and keep them ...
31 October 2013

‘The New Rules’ Of Modern Family Life

They say that technology has taken over our lives as most of us are spending more and more of our free time either browsing the web or having a good ...
28 October 2013

Natalie Portman says motherhood is her toughest role

Natalie Portman claims being a mother to her two-year-old son Aleph is far harder than any film role she's ever taken on. The 'Thor: The Dark World' actress claims raising her ...
22 October 2013

New mums beware fertility can return after three weeks

Contraception is required 3 weeks after giving birth, new mums warned as fertility can return much more rapidly than many women assume after giving birth, and myths still abound about ...
23 September 2013

The top 10 shameful moments of being a mum

Mums continuously feel pressure from the media and celebrities to be perfect, but we know realistically this is far from the the truth.  Between juggling home and work responsibilities keeping up ...
16 September 2013

Spain has the highest percentage of kindergarten obese kids

Spanish kindergarten children now 24% overweight Kindergarten children in Spain top the league for the most overweight and obese pre-school youngsters, according to a new survey by researchers in Europe. Nearly ...
4 September 2013

Kids voted dads as most embarrassing on holiday

We all know Dad's can be clowns and can make us giggle at the best of times. So Following the results of a 1000 children who were surveyed about which ...
4 September 2013

Parents Spent £9.5 Billion This Summer Holiday

    With kids going back to school this week, parents up and down the country are feeling the strain on their wallets after the six week holiday! Buy a gift website ...
23 August 2013

The average age of babysitters has increased by 20 years

Usually it's your teenage sister, or your friends younger relative who tends to get the babysitting duty, but it seems that babysitters have increased in age by 20 years over ...
23 August 2013

Sporty kids have poor diet during half-time sports

Football teams across the UK are bringing back oranges at half time, as part of a countrywide initiative to prevent the fruit from disappearing from the national game. Jaffa, a citrus ...