I was bought up in a very working class family. As a child we had nothing spare at the end of the month. All my parents' wages were eaten up on paying for our damp and mouldy 2 bedroom terraced house, with no central heating. If we wanted hot water, my parents had to light a fire. My clothes came from charity shops or if I was lucky, I would get new clothes from the market. My Mum worked so ...
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Facebook, get your act together!
Facebook's community standards have always been questionable. I mean who bans breastfeeding photos but allows pornographic images? It really baffles me. I was however absolutely gob smacked when I saw a series of REALLY disturbing images in my timeline. The photos, who had originally been shared by a guy from New York, had several thousand likes and shares and showed a dead baby covered in blood. ...
Finding Mum and Dad - new Channel 4 documentary
Finding Mum and Dad: Channel 4’s new documentary Finding Mum and Dad looks at a brand new scheme for adoption in the UK. Could this have an affect on Foster care too? Airing this Wednesday is a new channel 4 documentary called Finding Mum and Dad. The documentary follows brothers Connor and Daniel aged six and four. For over 12 months, they've been in care, waiting to be adopted. But, as ...
When are you too old to look after a child?
The other day, we went to soft play with Amy and while we were there, a little girl and her grandparents got me thinking. I assume they were her grandparents. They could have easily been her great-grandparents as they looked about the same age as my nan and granddad. Anyway, I found it lovely that the old couple were taking their granddaughter to soft play and tried to keep up with activities the ...
Amy’s first doll and how she creates quite some arguments in our house
Yesterday, we went to Toys'r'us to pick up some bits and bobs for Amy. We got her some more Lego Duplo bricks as she absolutely adores playing with them, a new bath toy (more on that soon!) and her very first doll. Her dolly or as I call her Püppi. Amy chose her herself and is more than happy with it. In fact, she loves her dolly dearly and gives her kisses and smells her feet constantly. With ...
No, bullying children because they’re ginger is not okay!
What is wrong with some people? Yesterday, one of the girls of my beloved “Born in April” baby group on Facebook came online really upset and shared a story with us that really made me angry. She is currently on holiday with her little family and when they walked along the beach, two women stared at her children (15 months and a newborn) having the following conversation: Woman 1: "Thank God, my ...
