Love Parenting’s Friday News Round up from 23rd – 29th January 2016  Parenting & Lifestyle  James Reilly pledges to increase parental leave When it comes to encouraging children megaphone parenting is not what’s needed Dad’s World with Jonathan deBurca Butler John FitzGerald: Changing pattern of family formation Ask the expert: My six-year-old son is very negative and often in a ... Read More »

A healthy and tasty treat for Friday lunchboxes or birthday parties. What you need 100g/ 4oz polyunsaturated margarine 75g / 3oz white sugar 75g / 3oz brown sugar 2 eggs 125g / 5oz wholemeal flour 125g / 5oz self raising white flour 150g / 6oz oatmeal 1 teaspoon sieved bread soda 75g / 3 oz. raisins What you do Cream ... Read More »

Love Parenting’s Friday News Round up from 16th – 22nd January  Parenting & Lifestyle  How books can teach our children about the Rising CHILDREN NEED THESE FIVE PROMISES: ISPCC Diet & Exercise  Under-fives must be more active, warn health experts Health & Safety  It is not too late to get flu vaccine Free GP care for under-sixes adds to A&E delays ... Read More »

Cooking and baking can be fun. Fun for you – and fun for your child. Yet, they’re activities that seem to have been lost in the rush to get a dinner on the table when you’ve rushed in the door from work or collecting your children from soccer, basketball or music lessons. Taking time out at weekends to make a ... Read More »

Love Parenting’s Friday News Round Up from 9th – 15th January  Parenting & Lifestyle Children of the new Northern Ireland Ask the Expert: Our teenage daughter is always unhappy Dad’s World with Jonathan deBurca Butler Dear David: ‘One of my twins is anxious and I want to be sure I am helping her’ Yes we should teach our kids about money, but ... Read More »

Love Parenting’s Friday News Round up from 2nd – 8th January 2016  Parenting & Lifestyle  Predicting how our lives will change in the decades ahead Planning your next holiday? Christmas is over but Easter is coming ‘early’ Millions of parents ‘cut back on heating to pay mortgage’ Big new year’s resolutions? Try small changes instead Cut things out one at ... Read More »