Should you get a pet? The other week, I bought my husband a kitten. A chance detour and visit to a pet shop in Thornton Heath, South London, with my Mum, and out we walk with a four-month old kitten. Black as petrol, sweet as treacle. From her cell-like cupboard in
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Property porn. I’m addicted to it. If I knew where to find the stats for how often I look at Rightmove on a daily basis I’m sure it would be obscene. It’s the online equivalent of staring in other people’s windows when their lights are on, or secretly judging a
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This time of year, even though she’s a teenager, I find myself spending a lot more time with my daughter. …and whenever you spend a lot of time with someone, you find out something new.
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Have you read The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty? Without any spoilers, it’s the unputadownable tale of three families woven around the same secret. A road accident and the strangling of a teenager take the characters into a place where secrets abound, but only one really matters. Set in Melbourne
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Are you a parent in the US who constantly nags your child to clean up their room? Is their room full of junk, clutter, old clothes and litter? Does their roommate or boyfriend or girlfriend complain that they live like a slob? If this sounds like someone that you know then please get in touch
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How do you stay trim? Do bath toys play a part in your healthy eating regime? Let me introduce you to our bath toy and dieting aid, Benjamin. Our kids are teenagers, so none of us is playing with him in the suds – however fetching he looks in his
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The police have to start listening to people. When Lorin LaFave told the police one of her son Breck Bednar’s virtual friends – that disembodied voice you hear as your child plays Fifa or other online game over the internet with a fellow gamer – was grooming him and changing
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“Hey Dad” “Hey R! What’s up?” “I think something’s wrong with the car. I pressed the brake pedal and it didn’t move.” “Oh, that’s no good.” “I made it through the intersection, OK, but I’m a little nervous to drive it.” “We’ll get it looked at.” “OK, it was all
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This is Penny Doff (or P.Doff’s) regular place for a rant about being the parent of a teenager and a middle-aged person. Got something you want Penny to rant about? Tell her what makes you furious, below. Someone please tell me they have a teenager who doesn’t drink. I like
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Bosses! You wouldn’t take a classic sports car to the scrap heap or bin a rolex watch just because it was older and more expensive than more decorative, plastic items. Yet when it comes to people, a fair number are finding themselves in the dole queue for simply committing the
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