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Small Chairs

The Blog Up North ― Two hours earlier comes a nonchalant confession which dials up the apprehension a couple of notches. You have to understand, getting the true story from this boy is like reading a detective novel whose pages have been scattered around town. You ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, School Daze (education), The Möbius Strip (life's Never Ending Lessons), Behaviour, Education, Parenting

Him Up North ― 8 Mar, 12

The Blanket of Protection

The Blog Up North ― Today two boys start a temporary exclusion from school. The misdemeanour leading to the exclusion happened, and was dealt with, before half term. Today, as their school mates return, they won’t be doing so. These aren’t my boys ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, School Daze (education), Bullying, Education, Exclusion, Parenting

Him Up North ― 20 Feb, 12

The ditherings of a digital dad

The Blog Up North ― I want to perform a little experiment. This is for all you experienced parents out there. I appreciate the phrase “experienced parent” is a relative one, but bear with me. How many times have you found yourself thinking, “I never thought I’d react...

Tags: 21st Century Boy (tech And Social Media), Families And Stuff, Children, Club Penguin, Facebook, Internet Safety

Him Up North ― 8 Feb, 12

Breathing

The Blog Up North ― Breathing. Something you take for granted. Something you don’t think about until you, or someone you know, is struggling to do it. Someone with asthma. An asthma sufferer is hospitalised every SEVEN MINUTES. Today, three people will die from ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The World Around Us, Uncategorized, Asthma, Asthma UK, Health

Him Up North ― 1 Feb, 12

Muddy puddles? You ain’t seen nothing yet…

The Blog Up North ― Some of my best blog ideas come from that collective consciousness known as Twitter. The planet’s favourite micro-blog was positively vibrating this morning with reaction to a news story about television and it’s role in the chipping away, nope,...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The Möbius Strip (life's Never Ending Lessons), Daily Telegraph, Family Guy, Little Britain, MumsNet

Him Up North ― 9 Jan, 12

One Born Every Minute – Our First Time

The Blog Up North ― This week One Born Every Minute (OBEM) returns to Channel 4. This new season of four eps documents the highs and lows of a maternity unit in Leeds, not far from where I live. In conjunction with the new series, OBEM has linked up with Netmums to ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, Reviews And Promotional Posts, Babies, Birth Stories, Channel 4, Children

Him Up North ― 1 Jan, 12

The Building Blocks

The Blog Up North ― Eureka. I have found it. The litmus test for siblings behavioural psychologists have been searching for. It’s Lego. More accurately, the building thereof. Both my boys have, at some point, been besotted by bricks. I wrote many moons ago of the...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The Möbius Strip (life's Never Ending Lessons), Behaviour, Children, Different, LEGO

Him Up North ― 29 Dec, 11

Round Robin

The Blog Up North ― Christmas is a time for reaching out to friends and relatives, for spreading good cheer and for reflecting. What better way to encapsulate all three than with the annual boilerplate bulletin that is the round robin letter! Here’s one which ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The Writing Bug (blogging And Stuff), Fiction, Humor, Letter, Round-robin

Him Up North ― 19 Dec, 11

Who Let The Dads Out: An Anthology

The Blog Up North ― I’ve always wanted to see my handiwork in print. Blog posts are great but I’m a fan of the printed word, and having my prose in a book, in black and white, has been an ambition of mine since I’ve been able to hold a pencil (and ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, Reviews And Promotional Posts, The Writing Bug (blogging And Stuff), Blogging, Christmas, Dad Blogs

Him Up North ― 11 Dec, 11

It’s your money I’m after, baby…

The Blog Up North ― My wife and kids think I’m a miser. Ebenezer Scrooge has nothing on me, and I make Silas Marner look positively bounteous by comparison. Of course, they’re wrong. It’s all about tough love… Kids being kids, they want stuff. When they were ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The Möbius Strip (life's Never Ending Lessons), Children, Ebenezer Scrooge, Family, Money

Him Up North ― 8 Dec, 11

Having my cake…

The Blog Up North ― This is the cake I thought I’d never taste again. After years and years of baking Christmas cakes, from a recipe used by her mum, my mum hung up her earthenware bowl and other paraphenalia this year. At the height of her productivity she was...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The World Around Us, Baking, Cake, Christmas, Christmas Cake

Him Up North ― 27 Nov, 11

How we care to remember…

The Blog Up North ― I can’t remember ever having this many conversations about death. In recent weeks friends, acquaintances and the odd local celebrity have all passed away. The stories behind each of them have prompted reflection on, and evaluation of, our own ...

Tags: Families And Stuff, The Möbius Strip (life's Never Ending Lessons), Death, Faith, Jimmy Savile, Spirituality

Him Up North ― 10 Nov, 11

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