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Five phrases that sound wrong when said by kids

By Tom on Monday, March 1, 2021

There are some words and phrases that sound wrong when uttered by children. Now, I’m not talking about swear words – that’s a given. We all remember and secretly laugh about their first expletives. For the record, my three kids’ first profanities were two Fs and an S. FFS, indeed. Anyway, back to the matter …

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Review: How to Grow Up (and Feel Amazing!) by Dr Ranj

By Tom on Thursday, February 18, 2021

Disclosure: I received a copy of How to Grow Up (and Feel Amazing!) to review and keep. Oldest is off to secondary school in September, so there’s no getting away from the fact that the difficult developmental stage synonymous with the teenage years isn’t far away. I have to admit that it’s something I’m dreading. …

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Wowing my kids with the Magic Dads course

By Tom on Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Disclosure: I was gifted access to the Magic Dads course. When I was around eight years old, I wanted to be a magician. I got a Paul Daniels magic set as a birthday present and was forever practising tricks in the hope of wowing family and friends. In addition, I spent quite a lot of …

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Boosting home learning with Night Zookeeper

By Tom on Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Disclosure: This is a paid collaboration with Night Zookeeper. We’re a couple of weeks into the new lockdown restrictions so are getting used to home learning again. I’ve been really impressed by how much the school is doing to keep everything going. As well as providing regular live lessons and offline tasks, teachers have encouraged us …

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Lord of the rings: was it wise to give my tween a phone?

By Tom on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

A couple of years ago, I wrote a post discussing when it was sensible for kids to get their first phone. I concluded that starting secondary school was a good marker. Cut to the present day and oldest is in year six. And, yes, we just gave in and got him his first phone ahead …

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I’m already exhausted by homeschooling

By Tom on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

We’re only two days into the latest Covid-induced lockdown and I’m already exhausted by homeschooling. On the face of it, things should be pretty straightforward. We’ve been through it all before and, as I’m currently between jobs, I’m able to do more to help too. But there are a couple of key differences. First of …

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A watershed moment waiting to happen

By Tom on Monday, January 4, 2021

First things first, Happy New Year. I hope 2021 will be a vast improvement on its predecessor for all of us. This time last year, I wrote a post explaining why I wasn’t making any new year’s resolutions. This year, I am making one, albeit with a caveat. More on that shortly. Looking back 12 …

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My best posts of 2020

By Tom on Wednesday, December 30, 2020

I know I speak for us all when I say we’re all glad to see the back of 2020. It has been a truly awful year for everyone, so I’m not going to dwell on that. Even so, I think it’s always important to look back at the end of each year before looking forward …

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Christmas according to my five-year-old

By Tom on Monday, December 21, 2020

Christmas will be really different for many of us this year. To say that 2020 has been horrible would be a massive understatement. I feel particularly sorry for kids. While we’ve never known anything like it either, it’s harder for them to comprehend and they’ve missed out on so much too. So it’s vital that …

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Christmas

Five silver linings for Christmas in Covid

By Tom on Monday, November 30, 2020

December is almost upon us so there’s no getting away from the countdown to Christmas. Like many people, I have really mixed feelings about it this year. 2020 has been truly awful so I want to give the kids a lovely Christmas. But, at the same time, I’m feeling so down about the threat of …

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I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, the writer of a multi-award-winning dad blog.

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Five phrases that sound wrong when said by kids

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Review: How to Grow Up (and Feel Amazing!) by Dr Ranj

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Wowing my kids with the Magic Dads course

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