Children and Sticks – Family photography by Schryver Photo

It’s not quite Throwback Thursday, but in a mildly forced alliteration we’re going to go for Memory Monday… It might be a sunny day (for working inside in a cafe), but back on New Year’s Eve 2015, I took one of my own little monsters and his photogenic bestie down to Dungeness for a photoshoot with the talented Helen Schryver of www.schryverphoto.com Your mobile might be … Continue reading Children and Sticks – Family photography by Schryver Photo

Buying a safe used car for your family

The road safety charity Brake, official crash test org Thatcham and Co-op Insurance have put together a video to reveal the first ever Top 10 Safest Used Cars. The video is designed to give drivers everything they need when choosing the safest car for their families whilst improving road safety in local communities. Over 7 million used cars are sold every year in the UK in … Continue reading Buying a safe used car for your family

Big Family Festival 2016

Big Family Festival Review

Two days of family fun in the Midlands took place on Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st July 2016. BBC’s The Voice Finalist Lyrickal, CBeebies Rastamouse and Cook and Line performed at the first Big Family Festival in the UK. A married couple and their two children have finally decided to tackle the problem of not having much to do in the summer holidays, fed up of trawling the internet for … Continue reading Big Family Festival Review

12-17 runner up: Stephanie Von Horn, 17. La Esperanza, Honduras

The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

Kids, are you ready to get ‘snap happy’ this summer holiday? The 2016 Young Travel Photographers Competition is now open and is perfect for getting young explorers excited about their next family holiday. Created and organised by the Family Travel Show, and in partnership with CEWE Photobook and Canon, this exciting photography competition has one simple aim – to celebrate the skill of young travel photographers as they capture … Continue reading The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

Kids, are you ready to get ‘snap happy’ this summer holiday? The 2016 Young Travel Photographers Competition is now open and is perfect for getting young explorers excited about their next family holiday. Created and organised by the Family Travel Show, and in partnership with CEWE Photobook and Canon, this exciting photography competition has one simple aim – to celebrate the skill of young travel photographers as they capture … Continue reading The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

Embarrassed: Poem by Hollie McNish

Why is titillation accepted and sustenance rejected? Hollie McNish takes us on a journey of exploration around the hypocrisy of a society that condemns women to breastfeed, hidden away in toilet cubicles, when women’s bodies are showcased for commercial gain, wherever we look. This poem is taken from the book Nobody Told Me: a journey from pregnancy to pre-school in poetry and prose: [link to purchase book] “The … Continue reading Embarrassed: Poem by Hollie McNish