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International Women’s Day and the importance of Re...

On March 10th 2020, we will be holding a special event inspired by International Women’...

Angel's blog: The toilet duck that broke the camel...

When I returned to work after maternity leave, we decided to get a cleaner for our house. Toda...

Kemi's blog: Intention

Top Tips: Making Flexible Working work for you

The benefits of working from home have been high on the agenda following Working from Home We...

Dolly's blog: No sweat!

In the olden days I used to exercise a lot and to a reasonably high standard, swimming as a ki...

Linda’s blog: New year resolutions

So, we’ve got through January. I am one of those people who actually likes the reflectio...

Beyond the Curriculum: How to support your child’s...

With an increasingly compartmentalised approach to education forcing young adults to specialis...

Jon's Blog: Change is here to stay

It wasn't quite a New Year's resolution as I don't tend to go in for those (why no...

Premature Birth

In the latest edition of Cityparents Life, Anna Richards talks to Jonathan Bright, a Content Ma...

Jonathan's blog: Prem - part II

Trigger warning: premature birth  Life with a pretermer baby was hard enough. When...

Re-energising your mentoring conversations

January is a good time to re-energise your mentoring and other career development conversatio...

Dan's blog: Baffled by boxes

Christmas is a magical time of year for children, when the Big Man in Red wriggles down the ch...

Addy's blog: The power of three

My life seems to be made up of “threes” recently.   Most of you probably...

The problem with resolutions

A week into 2020 and you may already be feeling exhausted, its no surprise that many of us con...

Paula's blog: Does she still believe?

And the Christmas clock is ticking. This year, I find myself feeling incredibly disorganised. ...

Barbara's blog: Have yourself a merry little Chris...

Is anybody else buckling under the pressure of Christmas expectations? A flurry of demands tha...

Caroline's blog: Seasonal countdowns

Hey ho, hey ho, it’s into Advent we go! The Christmas countdown is certainly apace. We&r...

Ana's blog: The menopause.... please keep reading!

I know it’s an uncomfortable topic which is not often talked about – that’s ...

Freddy's blog: Make the most of it

A new phase of family life will begin in a couple of weeks when my wife goes back to work part...

Careers, Parenting and Staying Sane

Cityparents' Director Helen Beedham talks to Christine Armstrong, the writer, speaker and busin...

Lucy's blog: Clown Day

I check my phone and see an email from school. The sort of email every working parent dreads. ...

Jonathan's blog: Prem

When your wife is pregnant, as a prospective father there are million and one things rushing t...

Children's Mental Health

Anna Richards talks to Dr Brad Reedy, the parenting expert, author and the Owner and Clinical D...

Angel's blog: Back to work – Stop the worry.

  I recently returned to the city after a wonderful one year of maternity leave. Thi...