Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Child-friendly pubs? Do they exist in the UK
One thing we really lack locally is truly child-friendly pubs. We have pubs that tolerate children but none that really go beyond offering a children’s menu and many don’t even do that. It’s not that we want to take our daughter to the pub and get ‘fall down’ drunk but on a sunny day it…
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Smothering not Mothering!
I’m convinced some mums secretly enjoy their children being clingy. *runs for cover* On the weekend I took my daughter to a children’s production. It was a lovely story of a dad, with a wild imagination who got up to all kinds of mischief. At the beginning of the play, the father is asleep on…
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Slow Cooker Sunday – 2 June 2012
Thanks to Slow Cooker Sunday last week, I was inspired to make Falafel’s. I was absolutely stunned that this worked. It defies the law of slow cooking, how did they brown on both sides without flipping? I originally found this Falafel Recipe at Stephanie Odea’s A Year of Slow Cooking. Yes, she used her slow…
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Slow Cooker Sunday – Jacket Potatoes (27th May 2012)
If you like your jacket potatoes crispy this one isn’t for you as they are more steamed and I can hardly call it a recipe, it’s more of an idea. Simply scrub a few baking potatoes, pat them dry, poke with a fork, wrap in foil and place in the slow cooker for 8-10 hours.…
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Didn’t your mother ever tell you you’ll go blind…..
I went to an event a while back; while I was there I lent my Ipad to one of the mum’s daughters to keep her occupied as it’s full to the brim with educational apps. Another mother, who wasn’t meddling or being judgmental, asked me if I worried about the affect it had on children’s…
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