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Could you leave your child in the pub?

June 12, 2012 By Ellen

Of course you could. Just like David Cameron did.  Settle down, I’m not suggesting that he and Sam, or anyone else, would set forth thinking “I don’t give a fig about my kids, I’ll just leave them lying about like dropped gloves”. That would be ridiculous.   And, obviously, there are some bang-to-rights cases of […]

Filed Under: current affairs, David Cameron, Nancy Cameron, politics, Sam

What were you doing the day the Twin Towers fell?

September 5, 2011 By Ellen

KzAkabueze via Flickr Ten years ago this week. What were you doing when the World Trade Centre came under attack? Do you remember? The sun was shining that day in 2001. I was about four months pregnant with Boy Two and working as night editor at the Daily Star of Scotland.  I was late for […]

Filed Under: current affairs, journalism, newspapers, pregnant

Kids and the news: it started with Maddie for us

September 15, 2010 By Ellen

How much news do you let your kids see or hear? My big Boys’ awareness of the current affairs world probably started when Maddie went missing. Her plight struck a chord with them. Now they read First News, watch Newsround and know what happened at the general election. In this house they don’t really get […]

Filed Under: current affairs, newspapers, Ready For Ten, readyforten

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