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How to spot if your child has this lesser-known developmental disorder


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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
— Erma Bombeck

Play

  • Soft Play Okay – When might our younger kids be able to return to their favourite soft play?

  • In the Club – The clubs and societies your youngsters will get the most out of post-lockdown

  • Toying with the Idea – The best new toys in 2020

Education

  • Home Comforts – How Covid has given parents and kids a new take on home learning

  • Easy as 1,2,3 – How to stimulate your kids to learning their times table

  • Bookworm Babes – Why it’s a good idea to read to toddlers

  • Helping the Reluctant Learner – How to engage kids in subjects they struggle with

  • Home School rules? – The pros and cons of continuing home-schooling when lockdown is over

The Home

  • Homespun – From pressing flowers to cross stitch and papier-mâché keep your kids entertained the old-fashioned way

  • Home Entertainment – The best ways to keep kids busy at home

  • Home Schooling Headache – How to keep lockdown learning harmonious

  • Holiday Horror – Tips on surviving school holidays when both parents are working from home

Outdoors

  • Natural Adventures – Discovering brilliant outdoor activities in our wide-open spaces

  • Screen Savers – Ideas to balance outdoor play with screen time

  • Out and About – days out for the kids under current regulations  

Health, Wellbeing and Safety

  • Marvellous Milk – Why the most natural drink of them all is the best for your children

  • Sleep Tight – Five tips to ensure your kids drift off to sleep

  • Night Squatters – How to keep children in their own rooms – and out of your bed – at night

  • Immense Immunity – Top tips for boosting your child’s immune system

  • Five Alive – How you can make your kids’ five a day more appetising

  • Safety First – The seven biggest home hazards that you need to protect your kids against

  • Bed Head – The advised bedtimes for kids of all ages

  • Fit or Fat? – The ideal weight for your child revealed

  • How to get your kids into sport… and the role models for them to look up to

  • ‘Super Parenting’ - A new, proven breakthrough in improving autism

  • CRC, OK? – Why you should ensure that anyone around your child is police-checked

  • Kiddy Power – How to empower your kids every day to boost confidence

  • Sitting Comfortably? – The latest car seat regulations and recommendations

  • Snack Attack – Simple daily bites that will change your kids’ opinion of healthy food

  • Keeping Mum Sane – How to maintain your sense of self when you’re a full-time mum

  • The Tooth Fairy gets Tough – How to get them into a good brushing routine

  • Safety First – The simple steps to safe-proofing your home with young ones about

  • Mealtime warfare – Beating bad eating habits

  • Dealing with Dyspraxia – How to spot if your child has this lesser-known developmental disorder

Money

  • Pocket Money Calculator – What’s the going rate these days?

  • Out of Pocket? – How much pocket money is appropriate for your child?

  • Toy Boy? – Are second-hand kids’ toys worth the investment

  • Away Days – How to save money on those crucial days out post lockdown

Technology

  • Pocket Money Calculator – What’s the going rate these days?

  • The Go-To Gadget – Here’s what everyone is after in 2020

  •  TikTok: Explained – Everything you need to know about the latest craze

  • TikTok Terror – Is the app your children are obsessed with really safe

  • Smile for the Camera – How to take the perfect portrait photo of your kids

  • Photo Frenzy – The most creative ways to get photos off your phone and displayed in the house

  • The Parenting Pack – A guide to finding the right parenting blogger for you

  • Screen Time – How to help your child have a healthy relationship with technology 

  • Fortnite, a Daily Challenge – Keeping your kids away from the world’s most popular ever online game

  • Online Alone – How to keep your children protected on the internet

  • Antisocial Media – the possible negative effect of Instagram and the like on your child’s mental health

  • Phoning It In – At what age should you buy your child their first mobile phone?

Fun

  • Little White Lies – Hilarious fibs parents tell their kids

Names and Nurture

  • A Star in the Making – The simplest star chart system for jobs vs rewards

  • On Deaf Ears? – Top tips for when your child just won’t listen 

  • What’s in a Name? - How to successfully name your child

  • How to Say No - Struggling to utter that two-letter word to your beloved? Here’s why you need to master it

  • Young Love – How to instil in your child a sense of self-worth

  • Star Chart – Constructing a jobs list for your kids that they can stick to

  • Playground Rules – Understanding kids and relationship politics at school for when they return

  • A-List Parenting – Celebrities on how parenthood has changed them

  • Like Father Like Son (or Daughter) – With a recent study showing confident fathers have happier children, we look at the small habits that can make a big difference to your child’s future

  • Beat the Bullies – Reacting quickly to the first signs of trouble

Pregnancy and Babies

  • The Perfect formula - How the invention of formula milk helped mums get back to work 

  • The Proof is in the Padding – New arrival on the way? Here’s what – and how – to child-proof in time for baby

  • Paranoid and Pregnant – Coping with the myriad of health warnings when you’re expecting

  • The Baby Boomers – A feature on the recent flurry of celebrity baby announcements

  • The Name Game – 'Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii' and other names you shouldn’t give your child…

  • Pregnancy in a Pandemic - What to expect when you’re expecting, COVID edition