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Fatherhood: How do you solve a problem like pessimism?

Posted on February 8, 2015January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As a parent, it’s common to want to solve your children’s problems. Scraped knee? Easy to solve. Problems with some homework? Simple. Trouble playing a new game? Let’s play together. Solving problems is one of the main challenges in parenting – and also one of the most rewarding aspects. However, it’s not always quite that…

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Fatherhood²: A Sudden Attack of the Clings

Posted on October 9, 2014January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I know you aren’t supposed to compare your children to each other, and you certainly aren’t supposed to put them in boxes (well, not without air-holes anyway!) – but sometimes it’s hard not to categorise them. For instance, I think anyone who knows my children would be hard-pressed not to notice that my eldest is…

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Fatherhood²: 5 Lessons I Learnt From Our Hospital Stay

Posted on June 25, 2013January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As some of you will know – either from my recent posts on Twitter/Facebook, or from my post “Fatherhood²: A Hospital Stay on the Horizon“, we recently took Robert in to hospital for an operation. After a long and convoluted consultation and referal program (lasting over 12 months), Robert was referred to the RBH to…

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