The Cityparents Blog

Like many, by the time our children are all in bed our house looks like a complete bombsite. From the barrage of toys that despite best efforts cannot be contained to one room and are spread througho... Read More

We have just returned from an early summer holiday in the UK.  As seems to be the norm for our family holidays, my wife and I took the opportunity of some downtime to reassess our lifestyles and... Read More

Its scarcely seems like almost three months since my youngest son was discharged from hospital. I felt at the time as if my world had been turned upside down; indeed, all of our worlds had been turne... Read More

It’s my second to last ever Primary school summer fair today which means its nearly the end of term and time for melancholy reflections on how much the children have grown up and changed since ... Read More

I don’t like to make plans. My wife and I spent a lot of time talking about it in our early years. When we were single, she used to divide Friday night to Sunday night into seven time slots to ... Read More

After placing my order that morning on my way in to work, the juice bar tender says with a smile, "your smoothie will be ready in 5 minutes; your name is Peace, right?" Let’s rew... Read More

It was a funny old week.  Mr D was working, but the kids and I had a half term staycation.  I enjoy these one parent holidays because I’ve realised how much more I interact with the c... Read More

I love bookshops. I can happily whittle away any chunk of time browsing books on any subject area going. Last week, on the way to a meeting, I had some time to kill at Waterloo station, and so indulg... Read More

Did you know that suicide is the biggest killer in the UK in men under 45? That globally 320 million people are diagnosed with depression and that in the UK 1 in 4 people will be having mental health... Read More

Back in 2015, I wrote my first blog for Cityparents. It centred on my ambitions for a random weekend which, like for most, had a focus on seeing more of my partner and my then 2 year old daughter, re... Read More

“The day before you turned two, we flew back from our holiday and you sat on my lap for most of the flight home. You were just short of having a ‘paid-for’ seat on the plane, so whi... Read More

  Around this time last year, whilst on a country walk with the children, I spotted one of those farms where they sell fresh eggs at the farm gate, via the use of an honesty box... Read More

It’s 8:30am on a Friday morning and I’m on my way into work having just dropped my daughter at school. I work a half day on Fridays in order to collect her from schoo... Read More

Can there ever be too much of a good thing? I ask myself.  I decide “yes”, as I stand at the window, staring down at the leafy cul-de-sac formed of tidy, well kept homes and manic... Read More

In common with most parents, the Easter holidays was being looked forward to with huge anticipation this year. Easter as the time of new beginnings is always one of our favourite times of year. W... Read More