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Fatherhood: First Day Nerves – Parental Empathy

Posted on May 9, 2016January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

There are many moments in life where I empathise with my children, but very few of them hits as hard as today. On this beautiful spring Monday morning I find myself realising exactly how my children have felt on a number of occasions recently. Today, I start a new job. Whilst this may be a…

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Fatherhood: Parenting – You are now entering Phase 2

Posted on September 20, 2015January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

This would definitely go down as one of the more unusual places that I’ve written a blog post. I am currently sat on a bench on the balcony-floor above a school swimming pool, laptop on lap, children whooping and screaming on the level below. It’s not my children’s school, I should point out – though…

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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: Robert at School – One Week In

Posted on September 10, 2012January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Well, today marks the end of Robert’s first week of school (I know it’s Monday – he started on a Tuesday!) and I’m pleased to report he seems to be enjoying it MUCH more than he had previously been imagining. Having said that, he certainly *hasn’t* got used to getting ready for school in the…

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Fatherhood²: 5 Books for Preparing Kids for School

Posted on September 3, 2012January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I should probably have written this post a couple of weeks ago to be honest, since we’ve been drip-feeding some of these books for the past few months at least. But hey – better late than never! As this week will see a load of little munchkins heading off to ‘big school’ for the very…

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Fatherhood²: Time to Set the Children Free, Once Again

Posted on April 5, 2012March 1, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With just over a week to go until Sara returns to work (albeit part time), the day is also approaching when we’ll have to leave Freddie at nursery for the first time. Not only that, but it’ll also be the first time Robert has gone full-time at pre-school – so nerves are definitely running high…

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Fatherhood²: It’s Political Correctness Gone MAD!

Posted on December 13, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I was originally planning to post a video with this piece, but modern life appears to have put a dampner on those plans – something I had previously thought was just a joke fuelled by Daily Mail readers turned out to be true: You really can’t put pictures of other people’s children on the internet…

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