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Why Your Teen Thinks You’re a Political Numbnut

You did your best. Your best wasn’t good enough.

17h ago

A mother holds out her hands in frustration at her smiling teen son who is looking at his phone screen and ignoring her

17h ago

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One-Minute Facts: The Loo

The place where Brits go to pee and poop

2d ago

A white toilet with a pink tank against pink wall tiles

2d ago

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How to Survive When Your Child Enters the ‘Why’ Zone

The best you can hope for is to come out the other end with a few remaining brain cells

Sep 5, 2024

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Sep 5, 2024

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Why Your Sleepy Teen Isn’t as Lazy as You Think

Sleeping longer is a biological necessity not a sign of idleness

Apr 19

A teenage girl asleep on a cushioned box with her curly red hair over her face

Apr 19

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Should Parents Swear in Front of Their Children?

Using bad language at home can actually be good parenting

Apr 10

A shocked woman holds her hand over her mouth with her eyes wide open.

Apr 10

One-Minute Facts: African-Clawed Frogs

Meet the hoppy pregnancy tests

May 5

An African clawed frog on a white background.

May 5

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The Parenting Portal Newsletter: May 2025

Happy Boost news and a plea to stop messing with my head

May 2

A blue-green old-fashioned manual typewriter. It has a white piece of paper in it with the word ‘News’ typed on it

May 2

One-Minute Facts: Why ‘Bless You’ Follows a Sneeze

A tradition that goes back further than I can count

Apr 28

A woman with a cold wearing a thick woolly scarf with her hands cupped in front of her face holding a tissue getting ready to sneeze.

Apr 28

One-Minute Facts: The Duck-Billed Platypus

So weird it looks like a hoax

Apr 21

A stuffed duck-billed platypus

Apr 21

One-Minute Facts: The Guinness Widget

More important than the Internet

Apr 14

A pint of guinness with its red-black base and creamy head stands on a table in pub

Apr 14

CarolF

CarolF

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I write diverse stuff in British English. I use the S over the Z and keep the Oxford comma for special occasions. Editor of The Parenting Portal.

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