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Menus, groceries, errands, shopping - they're a huge part of running a household, and they can absorb huge amounts of time. Here are som...

Here's a comment from Valori that I found helpful. Like her, I prefer flexible routines to meticulous schedules, and tend to underestim...

Five months ago, my 12-year-old daughter had her first day at high school. It seemed she walked out the door a child and returned a teenager...

Thomas hasn't changed a lot. He's still affectionate, hilarious, enthusiastic, inquiring, irrepressible, and the family clown. Some ...

Woke up, read this, and just had to post it. I do love a list-lover. Thanks, Meredith ! :) What's your favourite kind of list? Well, the...

More ideas for household management, with thanks to Valori, Soph, Alison and Catriona . Have a VERY simple morning routine e.g. get dressed,...

You've given me so many great ideas for organising family and home life that I'm going to post your suggestions over several weeks ...

What does Titus 2:3-5 mean when you're a grandmother? What does it mean when you're an 'older woman' caring for younger wom...

I've just read - with a kind of horrified fascination - Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (you've probably heard about...

I read an interesting article by Greg Bearup in Good Weekend the other day, about psychologist Joe Forgas' studies on emotions and mood...