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Which grandparent matters most to a child's life chances?
23+ hour, 18+ min ago (12+ words) The Times...
How I rolled out a baby play mat business with 18 remote staff
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (14+ words) The Times...
No nannies, no baths " how middle-class families are cutting back
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (877+ words) Baths are banned in Claire Venus's household " at least until the Strait of Hormuz reopens. Her family relies on oil to heat their home and refused to pay when they were recently quoted "900 for a new tankful " about three times…...
Here comes the university with a "50k job guarantee " for nannies
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (725+ words) After 134 years of training the world's most famous nannies, Norland College is poised to become a university from September " and it will have a unique selling point. While today's graduates are all too familiar with job rejections and poorly paid…...
My sons" generation think that grandparents are there to help
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (73+ words) The Times My sons" generation think that grandparents are there to help Ever feel like you"re turning into your parents? In the first of a new series, Julia Donaldson reflects on her dad"s refusal to play Monopoly and…...
The pension loophole every mother needs to know
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (667+ words) Career breaks are one of the biggest contributors to the gender pension gap, but there is a little-known loophole that could help mothers to mitigate some of the damage. It means pregnant women who increase their contributions before going on…...
How becoming a stepmother myself has made me appreciate mine
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (221+ words) My biological parents divorced when I was four, and my father later had the audacity to remarry. Her name was Helen and, reader, I hated her. Fast forward 20 years or so, and I met another woman. Her name was Bertie…...
The great return to the office will trample over working parents
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (979+ words) Across the UK, companies are tightening expectations for office attendance, reframing hybrid work with clearer minimums and fewer exceptions. Three days in the office is now the norm rather than a suggestion, and five-day mandates are becoming more common. Yet…...
It takes a village to bring up a child, so we built our own
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (678+ words) Feeling isolated after their daughter's birth, Vanessa Rio and Tom Tester found that life in Cambridgeshire lacked the community support they craved. Their solution was radical " they moved to the Philippines and created their own village, co-parenting within an extended…...
That GP isn't the only woman to fib about childcare. I did it too
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (756+ words) Dr Helen Eisenhauer, a part-time Nottingham GP, invented two face-to-face appointments at the end of her working day to avoid being late for picking up her children from their after-school club at 6pm. She's now been suspended by a medical tribunal…...