Category: Health
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Should dog licensing be reintroduced in the UK?
In the last week alone, we’ve had two run-ins with dogs where the owners were unable to control their pets. Yesterday, we went for a walk at Heartwood Forest near St Albans, which is a Mecca for dog walkers and for kids wanting to build dens. On our way back to the car a dog…
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Would you eat your own placenta?
I personally wouldn’t and the mere thought of it makes me gag. Earlier in the week I was watching ‘How to be a good mother’ hosted by Sharon Horgan. Sharon, like many of us, was questioning her own parenting skills and went to visit 6 mothers who have very different approaches to parenting. Introducing the…
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At what age do children become self conscious of how they look?
Firstly, I must preface that this has nothing to do with the particular parent, child or their parenting skills. It could have been any child even my own. We were at a Christmas party on the weekend. There was a pretty little 4-year old girl in a lovely party dress. She accidentally spilled a glass…
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Stranger Danger!
I’m not one for giving unsolicited parenting advice, as parenting is not my forte, but I genuinely believe this is very good advice. My daughter is only 4; she knows our house number but not the name of the street, she can count to 30 and back but would never be able to recite my…