How many UK motorways do you think you see every year? Backwards and forwards to work, seeing friends and family and UK short breaks – how many times do you need to stop at a service station?
A mother’s ‘worth’: can it be calculated?
When entering the world of parenthood, your world changes completely. Some, parents choose to become stay-at-home parents, some try to work from home and stay with their children and others head back into the world of work.
Each ‘option’ comes with its highs and lows, positives and negatives.
Why You Should Treat Yourself from Time to Time
Life can be hard, and, as adults, we are often very strict on ourselves. While it is good to be disciplined and to be savvy with your money, it is also important that you treat yourself from time to time.
5 Family-friendly hotel chains in the UK
When you are travelling with children it can make a massive difference when you stay somewhere that is child-friendly. Whilst travelling and being away from home is an adventure, it can be stressful for families trying to do the dinner, bath and bed routine when in a different place. Crikey, that whole part of the […]
10 Things to do in the Dordogne with children
The Dordogne region of south-west France is one of the most beautiful and popular holiday destinations in the country. The Dordogne Valley usually refers to the path followed by the river, and is towards the south of the department where it travels from east to west, passing through Bergerac and many of the other popular villages.
13 ways you can give your skin a beauty treatment at home
Do you know that your favourite skin care products can contain harmful ingredients, chemicals, and toxins? How aware are you of the risks and side effects that come with using store-bought beauty products? Some even say the chemicals are “the real price of beauty”.
“Are they all yours?”
When I became pregnant with my fourth child I discovered very quickly that complete strangers were not shy in making a range of (mainly negative) comments.
Are parenting styles important?
Does it really matter? If you think about your own childhood, that of your parents, or even others you may know, you can easily attribute a particular character trait, view or personality element to how that person was parented. You may catch yourself saying “well, I’m like that because…”.







