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Christmas with Heston Blumenthal and celebrity friends
By Kate Donoughue on 16/12/2010 11:09:46
From delicious food and beautiful decorations to curtailing children’s tantrums, six experts provide simple suggestions to help you have the happiest Christmas
.Nellie Shepherd, party designer to the starsKeep back a few gifts and wrap in some of the used wrapping paper, putting crackers between the layers. Then extend the joy of Christmas by playing Pass The Parcel on Boxing Day to festive music.Penelope Leach, parenting
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Your gifted child
By Kate Donoughue on 05/10/2010 12:52:07
What to do if your child is gifted and talented
right to get things wrong.For more supportThe National Association for Gifted Children (www.nagcbritain.org.uk) runs an independent parent support network to help parents and carers resolve disputes with schools and local authorities. It also offers
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Postcard from Croatia
By Kate Donoughue on 19/04/2011 14:15:47
Why we love the coast of a thousand islands
’s national parks or a visit to Copacabana beach with its spectacularly fun sea slides.Parents will love... Island-hopping trips to gems such as Lokrum with its tranquil botanic gardens or exploring beautiful Dubrovnik itself – the Museum of Modern Art has
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Postcard from… England
By Kate Donoughue on 19/07/2011 15:41:01
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner…
Why go there? See this historic and cosmopolitan city before the Olympics crowds descend next year. Children will love... The Dinosaur Gallery at the Natural History Museum, toy shopping in Hamleys and the hands-on art activities at Tate Modern.Parents
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Make a pit stop at the Hot Wheels room at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris
By Kate Donoughue on 20/07/2011 10:23:54
Your car-mad boys will love this vr-vr-vr-room at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris
connecting deluxe room or suite (for parents) and starts at €1,700 a night.
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A Spanish New Year
By Kate Donoughue on 21/11/2011 10:12:09
Party in the New Year at Casa De Carmona
, and there’s plenty to see and do in Seville itself. For parents, a New Year’s Eve party starts with a Spanish wine and canapé reception in the five-star hotel’s library, followed by a seven-course dinner. Prices for a family of four start from £200 per night
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An English country house
By Kate Donoughue on 18/04/2012 11:13:58
Relax in luxury at The Elms Hotel & Spa in Worcestershire
staying seven nights start from £1,260. Children sharing their parents’ room stay for free.
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How to help your small child to think big
By Kate Donoughue on 20/07/2011 13:51:55
Easy ways to nurture your smaller-than-average child
One of the greatest temptations with a smaller-than-average child – for parents, teachers and other children alike – is to shield them from anything to seems too dangerous. After all, they are still “so small”. Yet their smallness belies
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Postcard from… Cuba
By Kate Donoughue on 18/07/2011 14:23:03
There's lots of good reasons why you should visit Havana
and the chance to see dolphins at the Dolphinarium.Parents will love... To follow in Hemingway’s footsteps, enjoying a mojito in the city’s coolest bars or a fishing trip from the village of Cojimar. You can also see the Tropicana cabaret show or have a rumba
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Brilliant Family Holiday Offers
By Kate Donoughue on 19/07/2011 16:11:52
The best of the best family holiday offers
. From £415 per night for B&B for a family of four. With single parent families in mind, Small Families is offering a two-centre holiday to Tunisia. Stay for a week in Hammamet, then transfer to Port el Kantaoui for a further week. From £650 per adult
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