Belgian mum-of-two – soon to be three – Sarah Nelissen, (known on Instagram as @haaikie) talks to Nell Card about strict schedules, family de-cluttering and her fail-safe of vanilla ice-cream with whipped cream on top…
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Have you ever imagined how it might feel to be the parent of a transgender child? How you’d feel if your child felt they belonged to the opposite sex? In an honest, revealing interview, Cheryl B. Evans discusses her son’s transition from female to male…
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Swallows and Amazons, out this August, shows the beauty of outdoor play – sailing, camping, building fires. Johanna Derry asks a child psychologist and the National Trust why children spend less time outdoors, and for 50 ways to engage with nature…
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“We hit the ground running most mornings, feeding and tending to the animals before the coffee brews or our eyes focus.” Julie Letowski (@homesweethomestead) talks beautiful mornings, handmade knits and allowing space for creativity…
Wellbeing
If you’re hoping to conceive, you’ll be eagerly awaiting signs that something is happening towards the end of each cycle. It’s different for everyone, but here are some early signs of pregnancy, as experienced by The Early Hour’s readers…
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“The most exciting thing about being a new parent is watching things like bravery or surprise or excitement overtake your little one for the first time.” Nell Card speaks to Julia O’Rourke (@rudyjude) about family adventures in Maine, USA…
Wellbeing
“I get up at 5.30am to do my morning meditation and gentle yoga practice,” says yoga teacher and co-founder of East of Eden yoga studios Naomi Costantino. But don’t worry: she also drinks wine and eats pizza. Here, we talk yoga, business and being a single mum…
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Do bilingual children have delayed language development? Is it better to become fluent in one language first? What does bilingualism actually mean? We speak to a linguist, and to parents raising their children bilingually…
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“Clutter is like dust; it collects without you realising, and everything feels nicer once it’s gone,” says writer and photographer Sara Tasker. Her whitewashed, linen-draped home is Instagram-famous (@me_and_orla has 128k followers). We take a look inside…
Work Life
We caught up with Max Jennings, the founder of Hoop – a family listings app with all the best kids’ events taking place in London (soon extending across the UK) – to talk work life balance, seeing a gap in the market and being teleported to Hawaii with his family…