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‘This’ or ‘That’ Parenting – The Secret to Our Success

There’s always a battle when trying to get my toddler to go where we need to go, to eat what we’d like her to have for lunch, or when choosing what to wear.   I (and when I say ‘I’, I mean my wife read a pile of parenting books and distilled it down for me) have found that when you tell a child what’s happening, what they have to eat, or what they’re going to wear, the child automatically wants to test boundaries and rebel.   We’d start  ...

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Men and IVF – We Need to Talk

I recently saw a tweet from the Huffington Post UK with the headline, ‘Male Infertility Most Common Reason For IVF Treatment, UK Audit Reveals’.     Male infertility most common reason for IVF treatment, UK audit reveals https://t.co/1rWmDgnQMn pic.twitter.com/pQsc8m81qr —  ...

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Should Mum Always Be Bad Cop?

A theme has developed as part of our ever-changing family dynamic. My wife is the one who administers the medicine while our daughter squirms like an otter. She also seems to be the one blowing baby’s nose, cutting nails, and wrestling to get her curly hair into bunches, which look  ...

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