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“I became a FAFO mom after gentle parenting saw my kids run all over me”
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (717+ words) Carla Dillon and family. Carla Dillion, 45, from Richmond, Virginia, says today's children need clear boundaries and consistent consequences to develop into responsible adults. She's become a firm believer in the "FAFO" style " a trend where parents allow children to experience…...
Parenting coach says reward sticker charts could turn kids to drugs and crime
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (694+ words) Parenting coach Abi Clark. A parenting coach says reward systems like sticker and point charts are "a punishment in disguise" which can cause children to develop mental health issues or turn to crime and drugs as adults. Abi Clarke, 34, said…...
Girl, 6, given weeks to live after ‘arm sprain’ turns out to be rare cancer
1+ week, 2+ day ago (946+ words) A little girl whose arm pain was dismissed as a sprain has been given just weeks to live after her symptoms turned out to be a rare form of cancer. Six-year-old Bonnie-Leigh Spence had to have the majority of her…...
Dad who woke from coma with new art skills builds life-sized General Grievous model
1+ week, 2+ day ago (775+ words) A dad who woke from a coma with newfound artistic skills he never had before has built one of the "world's most complex' Star Wars models " out of wood. Moe Hunter, 42, managed to craft the only life-size handmade replica of…...
Smartphones behind ketamine rise in Gen-Z says leading tech rehab centre
2+ week, 1+ day ago (767+ words) An addiction specialist who rehabilitates teens with social media addictions says smartphones is behind the rise in young people taking ketamine. Zaheen Ahmed, 47, has 20 years" experience working in addiction and mental health, currently working as head of therapy at UK…...
School spends £100k on uniforms to help struggling parents
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (582+ words) Students from Cumberland Community School where the East London school forks out over "100,000 to spare parents from soaring uniform costs. One of Britain's most improved schools has forked out more than "100,000 to ensure all its pupils wear the correct uniform....
“Strangers mistook my child’s strawberry birthmark for a bumped head”
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (704+ words) Courtney Henry's daughter Sadie. A mum felt like a "bad" parent when strangers mistook her daughter's "strawberry birthmark" for a bumped head. Courtney Henry, 24, noticed a few days after her birth that baby Sadie had developed a "red dot" above…...
Teen scrambles for ‘lost’ phone sitting in plain sight
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (128+ words) This is the funny moment a teen frantically searched for her phone " only to realise it was right in front of her. The pair, who wish to be referred to as the Lavrushoxons Family, were filming a TikTok cooking video…...
“Woke” school calls dad’s gorilla costume a “safeguarding concern”
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (414+ words) Chris Napthine in the ape outfit with his daughter Addie outside Hertford Vale C Of E Primary School in the village of Staxton, North Yorks A dad who wore a gorilla costume for his daughter on her last day of…...