Children are being brought up in increasingly multi-cultural societies. The globalisation of family life means that, more than any other time, children are being exposed to people from different countries, cultures, religions, ethnicities and abilities. Helping your child to tolerate and accept difference is an important part of parenting in…

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Babies are born to socialise. From the moment of birth they prefer human faces rather than drawings of faces and they turn towards their mother’s voice, suggesting that they are innately wired to be with other people. As children become toddlers they use this innate sociability to make connections with…

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To celebrate the launch of the VTech Toot-Toot Friends I have an exclusive opportunity for one lucky reader to win a framed caricature of their child with their best friend – how much fun is that?! I know that my children would love this a LOT – especially if it was…

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We have several of the VTech Toot Toot sets already – the VTech Drivers and Safari have been favourites of Max’s for a while now. So when we heard that VTech were releasing a new VTech Toot Toot Friends range, we knew it would be a hit with our tot.…

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Now that Max is a lot more mobile, he really loves to play with toys. Anything with wheels is a hit, as of course is anything musical. At the moment, his 3 favourites are:Fisher Price Cookie Shape Sorter We had this toy for our older children too, and it has…

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