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What would you say to your 18-year-old self?

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  Posh Spice started it with her recent advice to her younger self. Then the Daily Record asked a few writers, including me, if they wanted to share their wisdom.  Here’s what I wrote: Dear Ellen YOU’RE 18 and you’ve almost finished your first year at university. While you think you’re invincible and that you […]

How to Find Your Perfect Cat Breed

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If you’re looking for a new addition to your family, you’re in luck. There are so many wonderful and adorable breeds of cat out there to choose from and you’re almost guaranteed to find one suited for your personality and lifestyle. Here are three of the most important things you need to keep in mind […]

A letter to Nicola Sturgeon

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Dear Nicola I was sorry to hear your news about the miscarriage. Now you’ve joined the sad and sorry ranks of women who lost a baby. Welcome. There are quite a lot of us, aren’t there? Some of us went on to have children, others didn’t – they couldn’t or decided the risk was too […]

Why Parents Should Welcome Video Game for Kids

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One of the most common discussions you will hear among parents is the video game conundrum. Some parents want to know if denying the kids the video game experience is a good idea and other parents want to know if they are ruining the life of their kids by allowing them to play video games for […]

How do you help someone with Asperger’s choose a university course?

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Boy One is now in sixth year and working very hard towards an impressive batch of exams. In fact, his results would probably be enough to get him into further education without too much effort. I’m very proud of him, he’s doing so much better than anyone could have predicted. He’s an Explorer Scout, he’s […]

Why Bad Moms really have the happiest kids

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It makes me cross. The whole idea that there’s a bad mother is just nonsense. Yet it’s persuasive, it slips off the tongue and into the subconscious.   No wonder too. The minute you have a child there’s a big bossy queue telling you how you should be doing it and, most likely, what you’re […]

The only way you’ll get fit and healthy for life

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What’s the point in starting a grueling health and fitness regime, if you’re not planning on keeping up your new regime for life? So many people start a regime and think they can just go back to their old ways afterwards. Or, they fail to think about the future and end up going back to […]