June 20, 2013

£132,000 to raise a child? I don’t think so!

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      HSBC are telling us that it now costs £132,000 to raise one child. One child. How on earth…? I really dislike these articles and I wonder whether people read them and think that they must be correct.  True, children aren’t cheap but they need not be terribly expensive either. Among the figures [...]

Health and Nutrition for the Family

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      When Martha Payne from Scotland started documenting her school meals in a blog she never dreamed it would go viral but NeverSeconds did! Thousands of people have visited Martha’s site to see the often sparse meals that her school was offering to its pupils, questioning the nutrition and appeal of them. Once [...]

HOW Auction Day 17: A School Year Calendar from K Two ***AUCTION ENDED***

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  Keep track of what the whole family are up to with this super-sized, super-handy calendar from K Two. There are deep storage pockets in each month for keeping extra information and it also comes with a tear off note pad and stickers to help you plan what everyone is doing at a glance. This [...]