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Freddy's blog: Make the most of it
A new phase of family life will begin in a couple of weeks when my wife goes back to work part...
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Careers, Parenting and Staying Sane
Cityparents' Director Helen Beedham talks to Christine Armstrong, the writer, speaker and ...
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Lucy's blog: Clown Day
I check my phone and see an email from school. The sort of email every working parent dreads. ...
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Jonathan's blog: Prem
When your wife is pregnant, as a prospective father there are million and one things rushing t...
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Children's Mental Health
Anna Richards talks to Dr Brad Reedy, the parenting expert, author and the Owner and Clinical ...
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Angel's blog: Back to work – Stop the worry.
I recently returned to the city after a wonderful one year of maternity leave. Thi...
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Dolly's blog: Power
August hadn’t gone well. In fact life in general seemed to have taken a distinct turn fo...
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Linda's blog: Back to school
Like many of us with school age children, we have started the autumn term and come back to ear...
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Jon's Blog: Happy Part-timeiversary
Last August, I decided to go part-time, dropping down to a four-day week. A number of th...
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Kemi's blog: Flexible working
Since becoming a parent, I was very thankful when my younger son stopped breastfeeding at 11 m...
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Happiness and Memory Making
Anna Richards from Cityparents talks to Meik Wiking, founder of the world's first Happines...
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Dan's blog: Routine
I’m sure that many of you reading this have some kind of routine established with your c...
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Addy's blog: The "C" word
Trigger warning: serious illness Most people hate hearing the “C” wor...
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Michael's blog: “Are you going to have a second?”
It’s a balmy summer evening and I’m lying on my acupuncturist’s couch in lea...
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Reverse Mentoring
Anna Richards talks to Pensions Partner, James Riley and Business Manager, Letty Gibbs about t...
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Katie’s blog: Anyone else with children starting Reception this week?
I have been chuckling at the assumption that life gets ‘easier’ when children star...
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Peace's blog: Summer of gluttony
"Mummy, there's nothing in the house!" As some parents may be able to relat...
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Freddy's blog: Sunscreen
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘19 - that’s the preschool class - if I could...
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Dolly's blog: It’s another kids’ party and I’ll cry if I want to
I am so over kids’ parties. Even when I was a kid they caused me traum...
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Shared Parental Leave
Anna Richards talks to lawyer Philip Reed, a senior associate at Farrer & Co, about his ex...
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Caroline's blog: Learning the hard way
They say that if you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrib...
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Addy's blog: The little things in life....
I recently went to a WorkLife Central lunchtime seminar on Stress and Burnout and realised tha...
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Hayley's blog: Holidays: Social media v reality
With summer holiday season almost upon us, I have found an unpublished blog I wrote last summe...
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Rosie's blog: Demob happy?
The youngest son breaks up for school at the beginning of July for a full 8 weeks of kicking b...
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