It can feel, when you’re freelancing around family life, as if there is never enough time. Your day might be crammed with childcare, chores, cooking. But there are always small windows for work. Here are some ideas…
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“I felt frustrated as I was working part-time in employed roles to fund the rest of my week, where I was pursuing music,” says Rosie Adediran, aka Mama Sings. So she bravely quit the office job and went full-time as a singer and musical workshop leader…
As a child, you’re taught to avoid strange men in parks, says dad-of-one Joel Defries. “But once you have a child you BECOME that weirdo in the park. You can’t get enough of mindless chats with strangers by the swings.” Joel Defries on the realities of fatherhood…
Never feed your baby to sleep, say the ‘sleep experts’. And don’t start solids before six months. These are blanket rules, for all parents to follow. But shouldn’t there be some flexibility? Annie Ridout thinks so. Here are five parenting rules that are made to be broken…
“Dads are definitely still overlooked when it comes to parenting issues… I think it’s going to take a long time for the myth about dads being second-class parents to die down.” Tom Briggs, on starting Diary of the Dad and being a full time blogger…