With half term seemingly every five minutes and a long stretch of summer holiday looming ahead, it can be hard to know how to keep kids of all ages, but particularly under-10s, entertained. Here are a few suggestions for brightening up days indoors and fun trips out that won't break the bank or drive you crazy.
BITCH:LIFE
03 Jun 2011 10:10 GMT
There are times when life hits you hard with something bad, leaving you wondering how you'll manage to cope with all the strong emotions you now face. All personal relationships carry a small risk of drama of one type or another, but we're rarely prepared when it lands in our laps. What do you do if your friends don't live close by, or you really don't want to burden anyone with your troubles? That's when many of us are turning to social media webs...
BITCH:LIFE
26 May 2011 09:18 GMT
Experienced parents are pretty good at knowing what's useful rather than falling for gimmickry, but if you haven't yet or aren't going to have kids, where do you start to choose a really good gift for your sprogging pals? I started thinking about this subject when I came across a Which? article on the items parents wished they hadn't ...
BITCH:LIFE
18 May 2011 14:05 GMT
How do we all survive rough patches in relationships? Sometimes it can be really tricky to carry on after a massive argument. What happens when it feels as if the magic has gone? How on earth does anyone keep going once the first rush of love fades? Well, perhaps the tough times are simply a result of entering a new relationship stage.
BITCH:LIFE
06 May 2011 08:30 GMT
Sure you’re tired and distracted, but aren’t accusations of the dreaded ‘baby brain’ just another excuse to belittle women?I first heard it after I’d barely announced my pregnancy: the first joke, from a friend, about ‘baby brain’. It’s the kind of condition that is beloved of publications like the Daily Mail because it basically suggests that working women should get back into the kitchen. But there is actually no convincing evidence for its existence. Indeed...
BITCH:LIFE
04 May 2011 14:18 GMT
If there is one thing I have learnt in the course of the past few years, it is that love is spectacularly hard to define. There is, it turns out, a reason that people say “you’ll just know” when pushed to tell us how we’ll be able to tell if we’re feeling the big L. It pops up in so many different forms – one person’s love is another’s lust, and even from love interest to love interest the experience and feelings of “love” are highly changeable.
BITCH:LIFE
02 May 2011 14:00 GMT
Pretty much everyone has sexual fantasies and they're always so enjoyable when kept to ourselves. When we come to describe them to others though, that's when things start to get tricky. Is there anything that shouldn't be the stuff of fantasy? You wouldn't think so, but some women do find it hard to cross the boundary between fantasy and reality... especially when it comes to words.
BITCH:LIFE
22 Apr 2011 18:00 GMT
Humble Porridge Hits The SpotPorridge is officially a UK superfood. Not only is helping the nation to health it also is helping the flailing UK economy as it bolsters one of our biggest sandwich chain brands. Last month, UK sandwich chain Pret A Manger announced a 37% increase in profits attributed to a dramatic rise in the sales of their ready-to-eat hot porridge. They are selling bucket-loads of the stuff, 50,000 pots per week at the last count.
BITCH:LIFE
19 Apr 2011 08:00 GMT
Sure, you have a first aid kit. But what happens when the emergency is the other kind of accident? Here are my must-have items for a nappy bag or the car. After several weeks without a nappy explosion and never having been sick in public, my daughter puked copiously after lunch today. Luckily, these days I never emerge from the house without a full emergency kit. Pretty much all of it is common sense, but it's amazing how much of it simply didn't occur to me u...
BITCH:LIFE
13 Apr 2011 14:45 GMT
Coping with a distressing new baby phase is loaded with issues: the whys, hows and what nows. Looking for advice is risky because you'll get it - sane, stupid, weird and just judgemental - in droves, and just get overwhelmed. So what do you do? In my case, possibly bang my head against a wall.
BITCH:LIFE
07 Apr 2011 15:00 GMT