I had the rare opportunity last week to catch up with current affairs. I ended up watching about half of David Cameron’s annual speech to the Conservative Party. There were a few interesting points, along with quite a bit of fluff, one of which was the idea of a National Citizens Service. [...]

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I’m in the process of reading You Want to Do What? in preparation for a review, it’s throwing up a lot of great discussion points.
Where do you stand on clothing allowances?
The book suggests that fourteen or fifteen is a good age to begin sharing the responsibility of buying clothes. If you plan to give [...]

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The Problem
There’s a major problem in Britain today. Anti-social behaviour. And the teenagers are being blamed for a fair chunk of it.
Although I can’t find an excuse for the ASBO culture, after all I don’t think there were any more facilities when I was thirteen, I do wonder where our teenagers are supposed [...]

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I’m really enjoying these discussions, and not only because it’s giving me a chance to work on my epic post - Who is Littlemummy? and get my new site up and running - British Parent Bloggers.
The discussion today is babysitting.
Did you know there is no law for what age a person can legally [...]

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Yesterday I talked about the issue of a daughter being legally allowed an abortion without a parent’s prior consent or knowledge.
Today is a similar discussion. The fact;
If your son’s girlfriend is pregnant, not only does he have no rights when it comes to deciding the outcome of the pregnancy, but the girlfriend has no [...]

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Before I start, this is not another post about whether abortion should be legal or not, and I would like to keep that discussion for another day. Thanks
I want to discuss abortion where it directly relates to parenting.
Did you know that a girl of any age may have a termination without consent?
Did you [...]

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Heads ‘n’ Volleys is a football game, or soccer to my American readers.
Heads ‘n’ Volleys requires 3 people or more. One goal, which can be mocked up with jackets or trees as goal posts. One football.
One person is elected as goalkeeper, and the rest of the players play with each other. The [...]

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I spent about two years when I was younger living with my Nan, one activity I really enjoyed at that age (11/12) was cooking. We would make bolognese, curry, onion bhaji’s, sausage roll, vol-a-vents, cakes etc….
When I moved back to my mum’s my brother and I would play ‘ready, steady, cook’, this game [...]

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Family holidays and teenagers rarely mix (I should know, it wasn’t that long ago!). Too young to enjoy the delights of being an adult and too old to even consider the kids clubs, it’s difficult to keep everyone happy especially if you have children of different age groups. Here’s an idea;
Tell your teenager [...]

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Ben at Instigator Blog has a very interesting post entitled 10 Things They Need To Teach in Highschool.
I’m in agreement with most of the list, here’s what I would add.
Goal Setting - How to set goals and achieve them. Discuss ambition and motivation.
Research Skills - When you know how and where to find information [...]

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