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Family life, Features

Help! I’m trapped in lockdown with a professional team-building coach

Sick of being cooped up together at home? Maybe it’s time for you to draw up a family charter. My husband, Mat, and I can’t be the only parents who started lockdown with best intentions. Hunkering down with our children (Poppy, 14, Stanley, 12, and Rose, 10) we’d play Yahtzee; make papier-mâché; pickle things. Well, that was the plan. Four weeks in, we’re shuffling from bed … Continue reading Help! I’m trapped in lockdown with a professional team-building coach

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Family life, Features

Is it OK to discipline someone else’s child?

Last week, my nine-year-old son came home from the park sporting a huge shiner. Pushed over by another child, he’d let it go (the other boy was younger, the “grown-ups in charge” hadn’t seen) but I was outraged. “If I’d seen that kid,” I blustered, “I’d have…” Done what exactly? Truth is, we’ve all moved a long way from the days when children played in … Continue reading Is it OK to discipline someone else’s child?

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Features

Pushy Mums

Feature for Telegraph Women Section 25th May 2015 Can there be any sight more touching than that of a pretty young mum, smiling down at a small boy as she mugs him? That’s exactly what greeted spectators of this Sunday’s play-off at Wembley. Celebrating his winning hat-trick, Preston footballer Jermaine Beckford threw his shirt into a crowd of young fans. Into the throng of delighted boys … Continue reading Pushy Mums

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