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Promoting Gender Sensivity

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

We find it normal when boys mess around with plastic popguns and girls play with floral patterned tea sets. But if they trade toys, most of us are overcome with uneasiness, shock, or even anger. Experts say that kids grow into well-rounded adults if their parents allow them to explore all possibilities – and this includes stripping them of gender biases. Therefore, seeing your baby girl play with toy cars and Junior play with Barbie Dolls shouldn’t be viewed as a threat, but as an avenue for children to reach their full potential. (more…)

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The Great British Buggy Push-1st June

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Parents urged to march for road safety

 Brake, the national road safety charity, is calling for families across the UK to run a sponsored buggy push on Tuesday 1st June – International Children’s day – to raise awareness about the 2,807 number of children killed or seriously injured on UK roads in 2008. (more…)

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A Father’s Rights to Paternity leave

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Working Families launches “Take Up Top Up” Paternity Leave Campaign

The survey reveals that 4 in 10 fathers don’t take paternity leave because they can’t afford it and some employers still deny fathers their rights to paid leave. (more…)

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Helping Our Children Make Good Choices

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

What can parents do now to prepare their kids in the right direction towards thinking for themselves and making good (or better) choices? Experience tells us that prudence can be realistically achieved not at seven (age of reason) but by the age of eighteen. (more…)

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To all Invisible Moms

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

My Mom-in-law just emailed this to me. I have no idea where she came across it, but I thought that I would share it with all you fabulous Invisible Moms out there… (more…)

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Trafalgar Square turns Pink for Breast Cancer!

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Last night (Thursday 22 October) West End starlet Summer Strallen appeared at London’s Trafalgar Square, lighting up its iconic fountains pink to raise awareness of Breast Cancer Campaign’s wear it pink day. (more…)

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