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Ian Newbold
Inspired by his five year-old son, Max, Ian is a young widower balancing life as a full-time dad, freelance writer and blogger. The busy pair live in Staffordshire, share a mutual obsession with Star Wars and of growing potatoes.
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Is Strictly Come Dancing 'too raunchy' for kids?
by Ian Newbold | 02 November 2011Is a programme of sexily clad dancers gyrating all over our television screens really the best thing to watch with our kids?
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Why I've taken my son back in time with children's TV
by Ian Newbold | 06 October 2011Programmes from my childhood are much better, even today.
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Do your children know how lucky they are?
by Ian Newbold | 13 July 2011How do you balance teaching your children perspective with protecting them from harsh realities?
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I want my boy to grow up to be a real man
by Ian Newbold | 08 July 2011For me, that means embracing his feminine side.
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Can children spend too much time with adults for company?
by Ian Newbold | 20 June 2011I don't want my boy to grow up too quickly.
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Are video games going to ruin your children’s summer?
by Ian Newbold | 15 June 2011Will your children be glued to their consoles this summer when you’d rather they be outside?
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Remembering Mum on Mother's Day
by Ian Newbold | 01 April 2011What do you do on Mother's Day when your mum is no longer around?
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Would you take your family to the football?
by Ian Newbold | 28 March 2011Following your local team can be an enthralling pastime.
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Should children be allowed more freedom on holiday?
by Ian Newbold | 14 March 2011Do you loosen the reins while on holiday, or does a new environment mean you’re more vigilant than usual with your children?
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Joanna Lumley on children's morals? Don't make me laugh
by Ian Newbold | 03 March 2011Accusing today’s children of lacking moral fibre comes more from misguided nostalgia than reality.
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We should say "no" more often
by Ian Newbold | 22 February 2011My son says "it's okay my dad will do it" too often. He needs to take care of things himself.
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I'm glad I'm banned from the school disco
by Ian Newbold | 11 February 2011My embarrassing dancing is clearly a good thing even if it means my son comes home with tattoos.
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Getting your wish list to Santa
by Ian Newbold | 20 December 2010Father Christmas seems to appear in all sorts of weird and wonderful places, here are a few we’ve seen, and visted him at.
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Do your kids love to sing in a choir?
by Ian Newbold | 10 November 2010With the ever growing popularity of television shows based around singing, is the school choir becoming a place for the cool kids to hang out?
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Great days out: Is it about where you go or who you go with?
by Ian Newbold | 14 September 2010When searching for great days out, should we be concentrating on finding fantastic people to go out with rather than wonderful places to go?
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Should children be encouraged to be noisier in public? Or are they an embarrassment to you at times? http://ow.ly/6NWw4
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By me on @readyforten Will My Boy Grow Up Too Quickly? http://t.co/vFIHmJE
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It's June, it's raining, so will you let your kids play computer games or will you be telling them to get outside? http://ow.ly/5j2Ml
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Less childhood sleep has fat risk - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13559462
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Mothercare to close 25% of UK stores http://ow.ly/4X8rG The shopping evolution. Mothercare to concentrate selling online and retail parks.
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I do not like Harry Potter. My child is a Harry Potter fanatic. Here's how I am solving that problem http://ow.ly/4Wrow
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RT @lindasjones: A photo of this little boy could brighten many a morning, even with a Walsall FC top: http://tinyurl.com/49j29rm
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Ofsted asks parents to rate schools on new website http://ow.ly/4hkcO Interestingly to trigger earlier inspections at highly rated schools
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RT @rftellen: The live chat with Patsy Kensit #patsychat is about to start over at www.readyfortencom - do you want to join in?
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Sex education is about a lot more than the mechanics http://ow.ly/4aIHx A take on The Christian Institute report by editor of bishUK.com
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Joanna Lumley labels British children's morals 'slack' http://ow.ly/45sNY Strikes me as being a tad out of touch. No child hedonism here.
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Should we say no more often to our children? It seems a constant battle to get mine to do things for himself http://ow.ly/41kZr
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Reading test for 6-year-olds to include non-words http://ow.ly/3ZxTC Don't like the test, but like the idea of non-words. Too many parrots.
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Birthday cakes stopped by Dorset school http://ow.ly/3Z5b2 Health fears mean children cannot bring birthday cakes to school @Readyforten
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Children in restaurants - a social battlefield http://ow.ly/3Xvuu Do you take yours? And a list of the best hosts @Readyforten
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