One of the arguments of feminist revolutionaries championed by Germaine Greer was that gender conditioning was alive and well in our culture and that it was a form of sexual politics. In other words girls are conditioned to be feminine, to like pretty things, play with dolls and play house and other such ‘girly’ […]
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This is a relatively simple sewing activity that makes an excellent handmade present for little girls. You will need: 1m Fabric Elastic 5 wooden beads Sewing machine What to do: Necklace Cut two 8x1m rectangles from fabric. Pin right sides together and sew along long edges. Turn out the right way. Feed one bead
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The most recent Disney movie to be released in cinemas is ‘Frozen’ and already I’ve heard great commentary about it. Hailing it the best Disney movie since ‘Tangled’. I’ve also seen it described as the first Disney movie to show girls that they don’t need a guy to save them, this one’s about ‘sisters before
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Easy Dinosaur Costume My son asked for a dinosaur costume a couple of years ago now and I whipped up a quick costume one afternoon using some scraps of fabric I had no use for. It is still, by far, his favourite dress up costume and even his sisters like to put on the hat
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Growing up I always felt as though we, my siblings and I, didn’t do enough around the house. This was something I was not keen to replicate with my own children. But the question remains, how do you encourage your children to help around the house from an early age? I don’t presume to have
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We are currently on the final countdown for baby number 4. Having just hit 2 weeks until our due date we are all getting more excited and, dare I say it, impatient by the day. From the 12 week mark we have always encouraged our children to participate in the new baby journey. They are the
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There is a trend at the moment of using sensory toys to help keep children calm, or in fact to calm them down. They are also useful for keep children quiet and have proved to be something of a wonder worker in our house – our eldest child has subtle autism spectrum features which means
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If you don’t have a lot of time, or ability, to sew here is a quick tutorial that makes use of baby wraps, which are never in short supply. You will need: A baby wrap. You will need to use at least a patterned muslin or heavier weight fabric. Pale or white light muslin wraps
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We’re all familiar, no doubt, with the character of Mr Darcy from Jane Austen’s classic ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Women the world over, for generations in fact, have swooned over this character in print and certainly the BBC miniseries from 1993 is still a particular favourite. A recent commentary by Jason Evert, who promotes the Catholic
Birthday parties have become synonymous with extravagant birthday cakes. I’m constantly amazed at the number of families who spend a huge amount of money on having meticulously decorated cakes created for their child’s birthday. Yes, birthdays should be celebrated but there are inexpensive ways of creating birthday cakes that will be a hit with the
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