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My Early Hour: Ebony Lyon, founder of Formy Books

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“As a family, we try to collect as many books featuring Black protagonists and characters as we can, and yet our collection is nowhere near as big as we’d like,” says Ebony Lyon. So she founded a publishing company with her husband…

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Annie Ridout 28th October 2020
Family

When your kid has a lie-in so you assume he is seriously ill

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A child having a lie-in should be cause for celebration. So why do we instead start panicking that there’s something seriously wrong, and preparing ourselves for a trip to A&E?

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Annie Ridout 27th May 2020
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Want your kids to be more grateful? Try this

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With all the demands and tantrums, parenting young kids during lockdown can be incredibly testing. To help your kids to feel more positive, focus on the good stuff in their lives and feel grateful – try this…

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Annie Ridout 7th May 2020
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Co-parenting during lockdown has improved my relationship with my ex

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Co-parenting in any instance can be difficult, but co-parenting while social distancing and self-isolating? This can hike up the tension in even the most amicable of relationships. Divorced copywriter Felicity Haythorn offers some ways to take control and even enhance your co-parenting regime…

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Contributing Writer 30th April 2020
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No time to work around the kids? This will help…

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For those of us with the kids at home full-time, it’s a real challenge finding the time to work. What we need is a work schedule that takes into account our lack-of-time. Guess what? We’ve created exactly that, just for you…

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Annie Ridout 14th April 2020
Family

Divorce: doing it for the kids

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“For our children to thrive, they need to witness their parents living happy, fulfilled lives. For some people, it may be that marriage problems are compromising their happiness.” Divorce coach Lucy Williamson on why separating is sometimes the best thing for the kids…

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Annie Ridout 8th April 2020
Work Life

5 tips for creating your own website during lockdown

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Stuck at home and thinking about launching a side-hustle? Or perhaps you’d like to grow an online presence. Either way, web designer Julia Ferrari has five top tips that will help you to create your own website…

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Contributing Writer 2nd April 2020
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“I’m not crafty, I’m not very patient, I have a dreadful concentration span”

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A brilliantly honest account of what it’s like going from part-time with your kids to very full-time from Sarah Birchall, founder of kidswear brand Cub & Pudding. She’s finding it tough, but it’s also given her a chance to re-think a few things…

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Contributing Writer 1st April 2020
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Five tips for making cleaning more fun during lockdown

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We’re all spending a lot of time at home right now. With kids around too, it’s going to be hard keeping your place looking good. Fortunately, Bella Middleton, founder of Norfolk Natural Living, has some excellent tips…

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Contributing Writer 1st April 2020
Work Life

Will COVID-19 help create a new family-balanced way of working?

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Dr Fern Kelly has gone from full-time in the office and working on her side-hustle in the evenings, to being home with her partner and their child. It’s requiring some adjustments, but there are definitely benefits…

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Contributing Writer 26th March 2020

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