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Can a wife beater ever change?

IremBray — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Pin It Wife beating is an emotive description that refers to various events that lead up to women becoming injured by their spouses. The common denominators in how this happens are, the men and women concerned are in an intimate relationship, the man is considered to be the abuser, and it is the man who [...]

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The Olympic Dream

Lynn Tulip — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:40 +0000

Pin It Has anyone else had an Olympic Dream? A dream about succeeding or coming top at something and hearing the roar of a crowd and the feeling that you’ve achieved something special? And an Olympic one would be so special as it happens so rarely and not necessarily in your own country. My [...]

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In her shoes: my husband is gay

Special Guest — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:00:36 +0000

Pin It There’s nothing wrong with being gay. But entering into a “straight” relationship when you know, or are suppressing your suspicion that you’re gay, to my mind is wrong. Here’s my story: what would you have done in my shoes? I married very early the first time. I was 21 years old with no [...]

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You have no idea how hard it is to be a child growing up today

Christine Miller — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:00:47 +0000

Pin It Resourceful Little Treasures In my role as a coach and mentor I work with a lot of young people, many of whom come along already labelled with behavioural, learning and/or emotional difficulties. That means I’m quite accustomed to witnessing sulky, aggressive and unhappy children, and it can take a fair amount of time, [...]

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Grateful for School Holidays

JackieWalker — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:00:24 +0000

Pin It Some of you will know that my daughters live with their father and they’re with me every second weekend and half the school holidays. In Scotland our summer holidays start much earlier than they do in the rest of the UK, and I’m now on countdown until they leave having had 4 whole [...]

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12 Top tips to keep children safe near water along with a frightening true story.

Lynn Tulip — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:00:56 +0000

It’s a well-known fact that children, swimming pools and ponds do not mix. It takes just seconds for tragedy to strike and for remorse to set in. With water you often do not get a second chance. And speed of action is imperative. So some tips to keep children safe near water, after a cautionary [...]

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Slummy or yummy, what kind of mummy are you?

Elaine Sturgess — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Pin It There have been a number of articles this week about the trend in certain areas of the UK towards parents heading out to take their children to school still dressed in their nightwear. Dubbed Slummy Mummys, some of these women are adamantly insistent that there is no problem in nipping out in a nightie [...]

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Why I hate Mother’s Day

AmandaHill — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Pin It It’s nothing personal you understand… all the flowers and chocolates and cutesy gifts do wonders for small and large businesses the globe over… but… I don’t have one and I am not one… and it is just a horrendous reminder of losing my mum when she was just 49 with thanks to The [...]

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How to write a shopping list (and yes, it DOES matter…)

SuzanStMaur — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Pin It Writing a shopping list can do one of two things: get you efficiently around the supermarket, or waste expensive minutes – even hours –of your time. And if you’re running your own business as well as your family life, minutes can be precious – never mind hours. So why is writing shopping list [...]

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How to choose your pet dog so no-one has a “dogs’ life”

SuzanStMaur — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Pin It By Angie Taylor and Suzan St Maur Sooner or later, almost every child says “can I have a puppy please?” Of course all children will offer to walk and take care of the animal. But you know in your heart of hearts that the onus will be on you… How do you decide [...]

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