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

Expert Reveals Interview Tips for Students Deferring University

It was recently reported that Durham University are asking students to defer until 2021, after the U-turn over A-level results and, with universities planning to take an online approach this forthcoming autumn term, many more students are considering deferring their university placement or opting out completely.

The experts at Resume.io have put together some simple yet effective...

Things to do with the kids over the holidays

Parents’ survival guide for the last two weeks of (the longest) summer

With two more weeks of what has felt like the longest summer and with a bank holiday to go, Claire Spurway (European and World Masters Indoor 60 meters champion) has partnered with Feel Good Contacts to help frazzled and frustrated parents on a budget have a stress free, screen free, fun and active few weeks with their kids.

Den and tent building

Children are naturally...

World’s first ‘Shift Your Ex’ service launches as breakups set to spike post-lockdown

An online delivery and removals platform is launching a new service where people can arrange to have their ex and their ex’s possessions moved out of their home following a breakup.

Destinations for the moving party can include their parent’s house, a friend’s house, the homewrecker’s property if applicable, or even Mars - in this instance the driver can take the moving party and...

Three in five Brits think their phone is making them stupid

A UK consumer electronics ‘e-tailer’ has discovered that three in five (63%) Brits believe their mobile phone is making them stupid.

The Big Phone Store surveyed more than 2,000 British adults to discover how modern mobile phone use has impacted people’s everyday lives.

When asked why they believe their mobile phone is making them stupid, nearly three quarters (71%) of Brits...

How can I keep my child learning over the summer?

Leonor Stjepic, chief executive of the Montessori Group, which offers education based on self-directed activity and hands-on learning in nurseries and schools, says: “With months of nursery and school closures, it’s understandable parents may be concerned about disruption in learning. However, especially in the early years, learning doesn’t have to be structured or rigid – in fact, it can be...

Seven outdoor survival skills your kids need to know

We’ve all been spending more time at home and in nature lately. The great outdoors is such a brilliant place for families, and children in particular, but would yours know how to light a fire or find safe drinking water if they got lost on a hot day? Would you even know?

“The pandemic has made a lot of parents realise that when it comes to outdoor survival tactics, our children are...

Gamers say they would rather their house was destroyed than lose their saved games

Mobile gaming publisher Kwalee has revealed exactly how important our virtual lives have become in 2020, finding that 1 in 10 gamers admit they would rather see their whole house destroyed, before losing their ‘save game data’.

The ‘save game data’ refers to the data file that allows players to pick up where they left off on any game they’re playing. Meaning that a FIFA fan can pick...

How to stay safe when visiting the coast, lakes and rivers this summer

Lots of us have been travelling to beaches, lakes and rivers to get some respite from the warm weather and a good day out.

Friday, July 31 saw the UK’s third hottest day on record, and it coincided with the HM Coastguard receiving 329 call-outs – the highest number in four years.

Gareth Morrison, head of water safety at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), says: “...

How to handle the emotional impact of calculated exam results

Waiting to find out your exam results is unavoidably stressful, but this year, students are waiting to receive results for exams they didn’t even get to take.

Normally you’d have a rough idea of how well (or badly) you might have done because you sat through the test, handed in the coursework, and know how well your mocks went. Coronavirus has seriously tampered with the system this...

Women less confident about breastfeeding

New mums less confident breastfeeding in public due to coronavirus

Following months of lockdown and social distancing, three quarters of breastfeeding mums have now admitted to feeling more cautious about breastfeeding in public, as a direct result of COVID-19.

Shockingly, just over two fifths of mums now feel confident enough to breastfeed their newborn if they were out in public. And with restaurants and bars now re-open, 43% will take measures to...

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