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Fatherhood: School Placement Appeal Hearings – an Intro

Posted on July 1, 2015January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

This morning my wife and I attended an appeal hearing at the local council building, to appeal the placement of our son Freddie at the school he has been placed in. Or more accurately, to appeal the decision to NOT send him to the school his older brother currently attends. I won’t go into the…

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Fatherhood: 10 Reasons You Should Marry a Teacher

Posted on March 13, 2014October 17, 2016 by Henry Elliss

I spend a lot of my time on this blog talking about my children – or the interesting aspects of being a dad. What I don’t spend anywhere near enough time on is appreciating my wife – mother of my children, light of my life. For those of you that don’t know, my wife is…

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Fatherhood²: Longer School Hours? Michael Gove, I’d like you Expelled!

Posted on February 10, 2014January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

If you’re the parent of a child in the British school system, chances are you will have heard about our government’s latest plans for shaking-up the school system. According to our Pob-faced buffoon of an education secretary, Michael Gove, he wants to extend the school day to 9-10 hours, at the same time reducing school…

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Fatherhood²: End of Story? Or Just a New Chapter?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Henry Elliss

I’ve written many times about my enjoyment at reading books with my children. Not just because I enjoy telling them tales, making silly voices and making them laugh either – my love of bedtime story-time is important to me for two big reasons. Firstly, I’m passionate about making sure my children enjoy reading as a…

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Fatherhood²: A Book for Every Life Lesson – Part 2

Posted on April 18, 2012March 1, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As I sit here on the eve of both Robert and Freddie going in to whole-day care/education, I thought it would be a good time to post the follow-up to my post “A Children’s Book for Ever Life Lesson“. After I published the last post, lots of you were kind enough to suggest books which…

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Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Let’s talk about sex

Posted on January 8, 2012March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I still remember the first time my father discussed the subject of sex with me. I was fourteen years old and it was clear that my father had no idea of what I was going through. I had returned home from a summer vacation camp. Together with fifty teenagers I had been locked into a…

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