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Where have all the manners gone?

July 14, 2011

A chance encounter yesterday evening got me thinking about manners…

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Silent Sunday 26/06/2011

June 26, 2011
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geekmummy.tv – would you encourage your child into a showbiz career

June 18, 2011

We were asked by the team at BritMums to talk on the topic of encouraging kids into a showbiz career. With reports of the so called pageant dads recently, this is in people’s minds, and so they wanted to canvass some opinions. Would we be in favour, against, or somewhere in the middle?

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How Apple could make the iPad 2 more family friendly

February 28, 2011

Apple have issued invitations to an event on Wednesday where it is expected they will announce the iPad 2 – the next generation of their tablet computer. The image on the invitation certainly seems to imply that this will be the case (see picture). Of course there is a lot of speculation already as to [...]

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My favourite children’s eBook app – The Story Mouse

February 5, 2011

I’m constantly on the search for good children’s story apps for my iPhone or iPad, and the geekdaughter and I enjoy testing out as many as we can find. A few months ago now I first heard about The Story Mouse. It’s a proprietary children’s eBook reader application, which can be downloaded free from the [...]

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Using the Internet – it’s like learning to drive a car

February 3, 2011

My attention has been drawn to a BBC Education article which reveals the screen habits of our 5 to 16 year olds, and it makes quite sobering reading. Whilst my friend Cathy at Nurturestore focusses on whether our children are watching too much TV, there was another statistic within the report that worried me much [...]

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