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Uchenna's blog: Manifesting Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Commander-in-chief Senior won the prize for best dressed in her year group as the magnificent Mary Poppins for World Book Day. Yes, I admit it: I projected my desire unto her to solve one of the grea... Read More

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Dolly's blog: Epic Fails

I’m wondering if the biggest challenge of working parenting is feeling like everyone one else is better at it than you are. We could all do with cheering up right now, so I have assembled some ... Read More

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Linda’s blog: For This I Am Grateful

For the last couple of weeks I have been lingering as I’ve leant over my sleeping children and given them a kiss goodnight before I go to bed myself.  I press my cheek against theirs ... Read More

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Ruth's blog: Whose Turn For The Office Today?

Since last autumn, my husband and I have been travelling to the office on a semi-regular basis after almost 2 years of working from home.  In order to make this fit our current childcare situati... Read More

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Ruban's blog: Sticky Labels

Hands up who has bought a shiny new thing, only for the whole unwrapping experience to be tainted by the unnecessarily sticky label that reaffirms to you that you got a great deal, but simultaneously... Read More

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Caroline M's blog: Am I A Grown Up?

Some weeks back, my six year old daughter said ‘When I finish Year 6, will I be a Grown Up like you?’ It was a bittersweet moment mixed with the realisation that she actually believe... Read More

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Barbara's blog: “Two Roads Diverged in a Wood, and I - I Too...

A week ago, my daughter Francesca went for her first college interview. It was a momentous occasion, marking the transition to being an adult in forming, one with a razor-sharp focus on fulfilling he... Read More

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Julia's blog: Light and Shadows

As I write this, news has broken of the lifting of the most recent Covid restrictions. Gleeful WhatsApp messages from fellow parents -  “No more masks at school!” - and clients - &ld... Read More

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Linda's blog: Stuck in The Middle

"I feel like a limp lettuce" I said to my friend.  We were sharing our worries about our parents and the realisation that we are now firmly in the sandwich generation, taking on increa... Read More

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Angel's blog: Practice Makes Perfect

Happy New Year to everyone.  In November I started a new job.  I had been at my previous company for nearly eleven years and to be truly honest, I had gotten comfortable. I liked the job, I... Read More

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Jasmina's blog: Fitness in Middle Age – Is It Downhill From ...

I turned 40 last year during Lockdown 2.0 (or maybe 3.0, I’ve lost count). Lockdown scuppered any lavish birthday party or mini break plans. Instead, it made me reflect on my life so far and co... Read More

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Laura's blog: Life After London

I lived in London for 20 years, since I was 18 (the last 12 years in Balham/Streatham Hill) and moved back to my childhood town in East Herts 2 years ago. The process of deciding to sell up and ... Read More

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Jasmina's blog: The rise of the domestic pet-child

My parents grew up on the other side of the world in abject poverty, where domestic animals earned their keep. Hens lay eggs which were carefully shared between numerous household members. Pigs were ... Read More

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Anushka's blog: First day back in the office

So, it’s my first day back in the actual office in over 18 months.  I have seen most of my team’s faces on Zooms throughout this time, met up with some in person outside of office an... Read More

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Uchenna's blog: I can't play that game

Trigger warning: racism My darling son, Today you asked me to play cops and robbers. You wanted to be the criminal. I could not do it. It hurt too much because I saw George Floy... Read More

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Jon's Blog: So long, and thanks for all the fish

Like the gusts that are blowing away the autumn leaves, the winds of change are blowing for me.  As I write I'm finishing up with my current law firm, and by the time you read this I'll ... Read More

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Sonya's blog- What to do now with my spare time?

My son started school in September 2020, and I have continued to work part time.  I had considered using my new ‘spare time’ when he was at school to either do a course in gardening ... Read More

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Victoria's blog: The invisible woman

My mother-in-law was a stay at home mum for much of my husband’s childhood – a fact that we tried to explain to our six year old over the summer. He listened to our explanation, frowned a... Read More

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Ruth's blog: Moving on

By the time this blog is published, we will have moved house.  “It’s a big adventure!” we tell the children, describing our new house.  We are lucky to be moving about 10m... Read More

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Maggie's blog: Is there a generational divide when it comes...

It was recently National Work-Life Week and like many employees around the UK, and indeed the world, I’m currently considering how to get the hybrid work-life balance right. It’s a hot to... Read More

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Marion's blog: I want it all....(but I can't have it)

One of the parts of me that I have missed since becoming a mum is not spending enough time doing things I love/have previously enjoyed doing. Before children, I used to participate in all manner of a... Read More

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Addy's blog: What's in a word

Last week I was privileged to be invited to a “What’s the T in LGBT+” event which aimed to “look to amplify the voices of the trans community and its allies so people learn fr... Read More

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Ruban's blog: Falling down

I lay crumpled in my seat, my head buried in my lap, blocking out all visual evidence of what had just taken place. However, my ears were open and what I could not see, I could hear. Unravelling myse... Read More

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Caroline M's blog: Plugged in....

Twosecondsjustaminuteoneseconesec. Unfortunately, my children believe this is a legitimate word. I am constantly distracted. With half an open ear, I tend to overuse this word– to show the... Read More

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Ally's blog: Refresh and reset

So once again it’s back to school time - that long summer holiday that filled us with a panic of “how do I arrange 7 weeks of childcare?” has flown by, tricking us with the grey ski... Read More

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Julia's blog: Rebalancing

Yesterday, I finally peeled the summer spreadsheet off the wall, the blank physical absence a reminder of the new space in my life: that, at least for now, daytime timetabling is the responsibility o... Read More

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Barbara's blog: She who dares...

Last April I secured a promotion, after a round of interviews where I had to face some tough competition. I was delighted as it was a new role that had been created to lead the design and implementat... Read More

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Dolly's blog: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger

I can’t lie - it’s not been a good few months.  In edited highlights, our lockdown puppy was attacked by a salivating Alsatian that bit him so hard his leg bones snapped.  Upsho... Read More

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Linda's blog: The dangers of rose tinted glasses

Last autumn, still raw with guilt for prioritising work over my children during lockdown, I vowed to take some additional time off with them this summer.  To ensure there was no way that I could... Read More

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Jon's Blog: We're all going on a summer holiday

It feels like the summer holiday has taken up more than its usual share of time and energy this year.  In some ways that's good – it took very little time last year because we couldn&#... Read More

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