Sally Worrall and her family.We’re at the half way point of the UK summer holidays, a time that is always testing to parents’ patience and bank balances. But when it comes to keeping children happy and occupied amid the escalating cost of living crisis, many families are feeling the pinch like never before this year.Sally Worrall, 31, has seen a drastic change in her circumstances. “I can’t get through the month […]
Which experiences will be the ones your kids remember?The other day I came across a picture of my son when he was two years old, gazing wide-eyed into the camera during a trip to Puerto Rico. Memories came flooding back: his floppy sun hat, the white smudges of sunscreen on his cheeks, the ball he kicked around with some older kids, the joy of watching him take his first doggie […]
Styling Head EllaJust so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI – prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication unless otherwise specified.Right now you’re probably reading this somewhere in the sun and would rather not be reminded that the Christmas rush is even […]
Liz Truss meeting children as part of her campaign to be the next prime ministerLiz Truss set out to meet some children as part of her campaign to be the next prime minister this week – and people are loving the honest remarks from the kids. The foreign secretary has made it to the final two in the race to become the next Tory leader, and is facing off against former […]
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BBC Question Time audience members claimed teachers are paying to provide for students out of their own pocketTwo school workers claimed, separately, that teachers are now having to fork out to buy breakfast for some students.Speaking on Thursday’s BBCQuestion Time, the teacher and support worker were responding to queries around whether school staff may go on strike in the upcoming weeks.The support worker revealed that the reality of being a […]
Covid-19 testing at homeParents and guardians have been advised not to get their children tested for Covid unless directed to by a health professional on the official government website.Downing Street is still sticking to its “Living with Covid” strategy for now, even though another wave is now making its way through the UK.The wave, caused by the Omicron sub-variant, BA.5, means around 1 in 15 people in the UK currently […]
Children have a rather original approach to the English language, and parents have taken note. In fact, many of them use Twitter to share their kids’ funny malapropisms and creative turns of phrase. Below, we’ve rounded up 30 tweets from parents about what their kids call things. (And we must admit, some of their choices are arguably superior to the dictionary-official terms). Thinking about the time my 3yo forgot the name for […]
-The country’s birth rate is declining and we’ll be faced with a shortage of workers in the future. The solution posed by one Oxford academic? Tax the people who don’t have kids. In an article published by the Sunday Times this weekend, demographer Dr Paul Morland puts forward some suggestions for “incentivising families to have more children and to have them when they are younger”.“Introduce a ‘negative child benefit’ tax for those who […]
