When it comes to the festive season, there are plenty of common motifs and symbols that can be incorporated into your family’s Christmas greeting cards. This article will look at two of the most ubiquitous card themes – stars – and give your ideas for how to make a card design (or more!) at Christmas-time…
No one likes household chores, and few people like them less than kids. The reasons for this are fairly simple, chores are boring, and kids generally fail to understand the idea that boring stuff is worth doing and would rather spend their time doing fun stuff. To get your kids involved in household activities therefore,…
No one likes household chores, and few people like them less than kids. The reasons for this are fairly simple, chores are boring, and kids generally fail to understand the idea that boring stuff is worth doing and would rather spend their time doing fun stuff. To get your kids involved in household activities therefore,…
Travelling on long-haul flights can be physically demanding. To make the journey more comfortable, some travellers prefer to listen to music and watch video on their smartphones or other electronic devices. However, many air carriers prohibit the use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing. The good news is that British Airways was the first…
For working parents, achieving a balance between work and family life can be difficult. Every parent though understands that it is important to spend quality time with their kids. Are you scratching your head wondering what you can do together? Fed up of reading books, or watching movies with your kids? Nothing beats making your…
It’s an all too common occurrence – at some point, a child may be reluctant to go to school. Many factors can bring on this unwillingness to go to school, from bullying to being absorbed in other activities. There are lots of good parenting resources out there, which is great – particularly because there are…
Families now are much more concerned with their children’s cleanliness than they were even a few decades ago. Part of the reason we are less inclined to allow our children to ‘get dirty’ is an increased knowledge of bacteria and other potentially dangerous germs. However, this article presents a few arguments to let you know…
If you’re in the market for a new computer, smartphone, or tablet, the chances are you’ll immediately go and ask the internet for it’s opinion. In technological matters, this is usually a smart course of action, as the internet is filled with hordes of well-meaning nerds all too keen to enlighten you as to what’s…
If you have an internet connection, you’ll probably have seen at least one over-enthusiastic blogger claiming that Windows 8 will kill the laptop, or that the ultrabook has killed the need for a desktop PC, and that we’re about to be consumed in a fiery lake of smartphones. Or something like that. These claims are…
If procrastination is the bane of your life, you’ll be happy to know there’s an app for that. In fact, there are several extremely tight, pro-designed apps for multiple device platforms which will help you cut back on timewasting. Of all of them, the two most comprehensive and successful are Evernote and SpringPad,…
