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I Come Bearing Lasagne
The boundaries you should set—and respect for others—when you become a parent
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Paternity Pending
Two weeks ain't cutting it, mate
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Wherever They May Roam
Finding the line between independence and vigilance
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Shitting Myself About a Magic Trick
What a Rainbows talent show and a 25-year-old coin trick taught me about letting the kids go it alone
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For Sale: Relics of a Bygone Age
How my latest Vinted selling spree has made me reflect on my pre-parenting life
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Decaf Tea Bag Anxiety
What having some tradies in my garden has taught me about the emotional baggage we carry as parents
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Promoting Pawns
Five things my recent chess obsession remind me about parenting
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I'll Handle It, Thanks Very Much
Why it's not OK to discipline someone else's child, and why I'm a massive hypocrite
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I Was Born in 2019
How becoming a dad was the breaking and remaking of me
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Chasing the ACE
A bad upbringing is the root of all evil - but it's not an inevitability
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Stepping Through the School Gates
Life is just filling in one long permission slip
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Let's try this again
A comeback, and some changes
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