I literally wrote the book on apocalypses. I never thought it would pan out like this
If you wished to learn about the finish of the world, you would assume I’d be the man to speak
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Parents and parenting
We read books to my daughter from birth, which enriched all our lives
Nine years in the past, I gave start to just a little lady. And now that little lady has grown
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‘I’m stressed. I shout. Can I do better?’: experts advise on pandemic parenting
My son Freddie, 4, is petrified of catching Covid-19. He says he’s fearful about selecting it up within the park.
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‘Hugging is like medicine, it gives us hope’: friends and lovers on the joy of touch
The house education household: Abhi, 36, and Chloe Shivraj, 34, and their daughter Ella, seven, Stockport Photograph: Simon Bray/The Guardian
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‘They are scared to try new things’: how is home school impacting young children?
It is truthful to say that Wells, eight, doesn’t take pleasure in distant studying. “It’s horrible,” he tells a gaggle
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Furlough refused to 71% of UK working mothers while schools shut – survey
More than 70% of working mothers who requested to be furloughed for childcare causes since schools shut have been refused,
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Poor families’ living costs have surged during pandemic, UK study finds
More than a 3rd of the UK’s poorest households have seen their already meagre incomes squeezed during the pandemic as
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The joys of being an absolute beginner – for life
One day a quantity of years in the past, I used to be deep right into a recreation of draughts
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Zurich insurance firm offers fully paid ‘lockdown leave’ in UK
The Swiss insurance firm Zurich has launched fully paid “lockdown leave” for folks and different carers in its UK workplaces.
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Pandemic could lead to profound shift in parenting roles, say experts
The 12 months 2020 has been transformative for the way society sees fatherhood, and could produce essentially the most profound
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