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…when all through the land, panicked parents stopped at nothing to get the latest big craze in their hands. Michael Hogan lists the 24 toys we had to grab Don’t come home without one! The Cabbage Patc h Kids craze hits the UK, causing mayhem at London’s Hamleys in 1983 1 Slinky This simple-but-clever metal … Read more
Young drivers’ cars should be fitted with cameras and the footage of their behaviour behind the wheel shared with their parents in a bid to cut accident rates, a new road safety report said. Studies in America have found that a combined use of dash cams and ‘accelerometers’ – which record the high G-forces created … Read more
Pull your finger out and tell parents child benefit errors can hit their state pension, NICKY MORGAN MP warns the Government By Nicky Morgan Mp For This Is Money Published: 13:44 GMT, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 14:09 GMT, 7 June 2019 Nicky Morgan MP, chair of the Treasury Committee: ‘The problem was wholly foreseeable … Read more
Parents have virtually no understanding that they could end up with a smaller state pension if they fail to fill in a child benefit form, according to government research. One mum described herself as ‘gutted’ when she realised she had missed out on valuable credits towards her pension, while others admitted they didn’t see the … Read more
The heartbroken parents of two terminally-ill children have launched legal action to get a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS. Oliver, eight, and Amelia Carroll, six, suffer from fatal neuro-degenerative condition Batten disease. There is no cure for the condition, which is estimated to affect 30 to 50 children in the UK, meaning Oliver and … Read more
Parents of severely autistic schoolboy, 11, who could not talk claim he has said his first full sentence after ‘very encouraging’ stem-cell treatment in Miami Danny Bullen had the treatment last month and should have a second this year The next day his mother claims he asked for ‘more potatoes [crisps] please’ The youngster needs … Read more
This family lives in an off-grid shack with a composting toilet – and the parents home school five of their children so they can ‘stay connected to them’. Mother-of-seven Jasmine Kosach, 31, from Tasmania, Australia, grew up with an appreciation for all things nature, due to her mother and grandmother being gardeners. Jasmine and her … Read more