Parenting

STATISTICS have today been released on the number of multiple births in England and Wales – showing a dramatic decrease in twin and triplet stillbirths. The figures1, released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), show that in 2016 the overall number of multiple births and multiple stillbirths have decreased in England and Wales. In 2015, multiples represented about 3% of births but 7.2% of stillbirths. In 2016, multiples still represent about 3% of births, but only 5.9% of stillbirths....

Parents have slammed retailers for selling a sickening ‘Burnt Zombie Child’ Halloween costume for young children in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. At least 18 children died in the horrifying inferno with experts warning tens of thousands of youngsters across the UK have been left traumatised by the disaster. The £34.99 costume, sold by online retailer Escapade, is aimed at children aged just eight to ten years old. Furious parents have slammed the firm for its insensitivity, with...

Primo Toys, the leading purveyor of STEM toys for early years, released a free ebook: “Beginning computer programming for kids: An introductory guide to computational thinking and coding for kids aged 3-6 years old.” Aimed at parents and educators of children aged 3-6, the comprehensive, 10,000-word ebook covers all bases of teaching children to code. Find it at http://cubet.to/UKEbook The new E-book offers insight into coding and why parents should be teaching their children the basics from a preliterate age....

A furious mum has blasted Instagram for removing a photograph of her 12-year-old son who has a facial deformity - after another user complained about the image. Brave Harry Beswick was born with Goldenhar syndrome, which means he has no left eye, eye socket, nostril and left ear. Mum Charlie, 38, posts pictures of Harry and his twin brother Oliver to 12,000 followers on her Instagram account, called Our Altered Life. Harry has a prosthetic eye, but when Charlie, from...

The average parent will turn to Google six times a month to get the answer to impossible questions their child has asked. ‘What are black holes?’, ‘how did the world begin?’ and ‘how does the internet work?’ are among the questions being asked by children that parents struggle to answer, a study has found. A poll, of 2,000 parents, found 54 per cent are regularly flummoxed by the deep and meaningful or scientific questions put to them by their children....

A pregnant mum has created a buzz after posing for maternity photos - with 20,000 BEES swarming around her baby bump. Brave Emily Mueller got the honeybees to settle on her stomach by holding the queen bee in a cage in her hand. The 33-year-old is a full-time beekeeper who keeps 24 hives containing around 1.2 millions bees and says she’s been stung a whopping 350 times this year alone. But she said she wasn’t scared about having the photos...

Kids are often overwhelmed by homework assignments that they receive during the week at school. Parents are often the ones who feel the burden of this work, because kids come to them for help. The instinct to help out in these situations is natural, as nobody wants to see their kids go through a hard time. But you could be doing more harm than good. There is an old saying that claims that the worst thing you can do for...

A miracle mum has donated more than 600 GALLONS of her own breastmilk to help hundreds of other parents feed their babies. Selfless Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, 29, devotes ten hours a day to her “labour of love” and says it’s like a full-time job. The mum-of-two has Hyperlactation Syndrome which means she pumps around 225oz (1.75gallons) of breastmilk a day - almost ten times the 27oz average. Credit: 'Steffi K Photography / SWNS.com'Breast milk donor Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra feeding her daughter Sophia....