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Advice, tips and lifetsyle features aimed at parents, children and families.

Keeping Your Family Home Clean With Young Children: A Guide

Young children and a clean and tidy home do not always go hand in hand, and many families struggle to keep their home organized when they have babies or toddlers around. This is especially the case if you have a large family or if you are a single parent. However, your home can be the relaxing oasis you are looking for it to become, and here are some top tips on making your house sparkle when...

There are ways to improve safety of children on their devices

Eight dangerous apps your kids are using

More children are choosing to spend their time online, and more hours online means more potential dangers.

And yet, not many parents are fully aware of the apps their children are using. Studies about children's media usage reveal that younger kids are spending more time on digital devices because of their accessibility, and the numbers increase yearly.

Thus, it is more...

Instagram the platform of choice in grooming crimes

Instagram was the most used platform in child grooming crimes during lockdown, research by the NSPCC suggests.

New data shows there were more than 1,200 online grooming crimes recorded against children in the three months from April to June, with the true scale of the problem likely to be much higher.

The figures reveal how Instagram is increasingly being exploited by...

A letter penned during WW2 letter was found in a book

Looking to reunite piece of WW2 history with owner

On a winter’s day in February 1944 from Italy, a Lance Corporal named ‘John’ took to pen and paper to thank a schoolgirl in High Wycombe for her small yet valuable contribution to the war effort – knitting mittens for anonymous troops in the trenches. 76 years later, this piece of World War 2 history was rediscovered by World of Books, the UKs largest seller of used books and media, tucked...

Since lockdown Childline has delivered nearly 43,000 counselling sessions

Childline launches its Nobody is Normal campaign

Since lockdown measures were first introduced Childline has delivered nearly 43,000 counselling sessions about mental and emotional health, with children reaching out for help with issues including loneliness and low self-esteem.

The NSPCC, which runs Childline, can also reveal that the number of contacts about body image, gender and sexuality increased since the first national...

Lockdown is driving friends to find new ways to engage with each other

Suffering from friendship fade?

Don’t worry – it’s not ‘all in your head’. A new study* of 2,000 Brits by Interflora has revealed friendship fade can happen to the best of us if we don’t keep up to a regular routine with our closest pals.

The good news is that virtual relationships can absolutely stand the test of time, with Interflora’s research revealing we will only ‘unfriend' someone if they’ve not been in...

Parents are worried about weaning their babies

40% of parents don’t think they are feeding their kids the ‘right’ food

A new nationwide survey of 2,000 parents of under-fives, released today by Ella’s Kitchen Brands Limited, reveals how parents across the country are feeling the heat in the kitchen when starting their little one’s weaning journey for the first time.

With parents spending nearly a working day a week (7 hours) preparing their little one’s meals, nearly a quarter (22%) said they find...

An app is being designed to prevent anxiety and depression

Young people recruited to harness smartphones to improve wellbeing

Young people across Europe are being recruited to a trial to put their smartphone addiction to good use, via an app designed to prevent anxiety and depression and improve wellbeing.

Researchers at the University of Exeter are leading a pan-European project to recruit young people aged between 16 and 22 years to use the app. It brings together the latest research on self-monitoring,...

Anti-Bullying Week starts on Monday 16th November

Official video for Anti-Bullying Week 2020 theme tune released

The official video for Anti-Bullying Week 2020 will premiere at 4pm on Tuesday November 3rd on YOUTUBE . Recorded by CBeebies presenter Andy Day and his band Andy and the Odd Socks , the cover of Sham 69’s ‘The Kids Are United’ features Princess K (who shared the stage with Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019) and the Libera Choir with all proceeds going to the Anti-Bullying Alliance.

WATCH...

12.6 million pumpkin carcasses will be heading for landfill

126,000 tonnes of pumpkin waste are heading to landfill this year

With parents tearing their hair out this half term, many have turned to Halloween pumpkin carving to entertain the little ones – however next week the discarded pumpkin carcasses will be heading for landfill, all 12.6 million of them.

“The waste produced at Halloween is incredible, and many people will want to get rid of the stinky rotting pumpkin carcasses fairly quickly after what...

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