Your wild days are behind you, the odd silver hair glistens on your temple, and all your mates are getting married. Is it finally time to consider becoming a father? While women have their mysterious biological clocks, poor men have to rely solely on their instincts to decide if the time is right to raise
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Ad Birthday parties are an important part of growing up for a lot of children. They’re perfect for small children who have started school for the first time, as they allow their peers to get to know both them and their interests. Friendships are forged that can last into adulthood, and the party itself gives
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Whether you’ve had your kids back at school for a couple of weeks, or already have them off, there’s nothing that strikes fear into the hearts of parents than the school summer holidays. That’s right, the schools are due to break up for 6 weeks of bickering, whinging and trashed living rooms. You can empty
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What type of dad are you? Strict? Serious? Always working? If so, then fear not: here’s a list of essentials you should have in your fun dad toolkit to instantly turn your grumpy image around. Of course, if you’re already a fun dad then it goes without saying that you’ll find something you might love
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You ever heard those parents that spout absolute guff such as “well, I guess running around after these two keeps me young”? Keep you young? Kids? No. Let me tell you: there’s nothing more aging than bringing up children. Those mini-humans have a nasty habit of making you feel old at every possible turn. I
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Honesty is always the best policy. This is what we teach our kids in order for them to grow into good well-rounded individuals. Problem is, that we do this while lying through our teeth 24/7. They want the truth? They can’t handle the truth! That’s why we’ve compiled our list of the most necessary lies
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Babies. One of life’s great puzzles. How are they made? What could they possibly be laughing at in their sleep? And just how can we determine what emotions they are feeling when they can’t talk to us? Fear not, reader, for Paternal Damnation has enlisted the entirely fictional top child psychologist Dr Luke Atderfaysz, who
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I’ve got a new baby, and boy, she’s a cute one! Have a look. She is absolutely perfect, and actually pretty placid. We spend ages just looking at each other: me thinking “wow, you’re so beautiful”, and her thinking “holy shit, what’s this thing made out of hair and teeth looking at?”. There’s five years
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I’m probably not as much of a disciplinarian with my kids as I should be. While Mummy gets the all the grief for being the bad cop, I’m able to swoop in and play the good cop. I know, I know, it’s not fair. I guess it’s a hangover from being out at work most
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I shouldn’t be surprised really. I’m someone who has had so many hobbies that you could say that one of my hobbies is collecting hobbies. It’s no surprise then that my son has also started to get passionate about lots of different topics too. What’s his obsession at the moment? Street sign spotting. Yes, as
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