Ultimately all you’re going to do is insert a paintbrush in their fist and grit your teeth while they splash paint indiscriminately at the wall.
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While everything about The Mother Maker markets is child-friendly, this still felt like a reassuringly grown-up affair.
Celebrate summer with family-friendly festivals, seasonal kids’ shows, outdoor activities and school-holiday gallery specials.
The installation had the same effect on my self esteem as an afternoon spent in the changing rooms at H&M on Oxford Street.
Kids can type out their selfless act of kindness or bravery on the old-fashioned typewriter and add it to the shop’s Good Deed wall.
This month, cool off in city fountains, relax on urban beaches and build your own ice lollies with your preschooler.
Sculptural works are displayed on the floor behind foot-high cordons that may as well be labelled ‘baby limbo contest this way’.
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Daisy Hollings runs Telling Tales children’s bookshop in London Fields. She lives in Homerton with her boyfriend, their two daughters and their husky.
With the museum moving to an £83m new home and me giving birth to an 8.3lb baby, I was keen to find out how well we’d gel.
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