Parenting
Becoming a parent is a wonderful journey: 'When a child is born, a mother is born', says the ancient Chinese wisdom.
One of the many things it is really worth having kids for, besides giving them kinky haircuts like the celebrities' kids, is decorating and painting their rooms!
As soon as the second line appears, the beautiful, cosy room for your baby starts taking shape in your mind. Nearly at the same time as the shopping starts.
Don't panic! Don't go mad searching for information everywhere! All you need in essence is a bed, a changing table, a wardrobe and a chair. The rug, curtains, lamp shade, border stickers, mobile and so on will soon follow. In the old days, especially in the 80s, people used to wallpaper their kids' rooms. Not anymore. Not only is it no longer fashionable, but a fresh, clean coat of paint is a lot better than any wallpaper, which will attract and keep dust particles on its surface. Besides, it really goes old and tatty in time.
Millions of children are brought up by at least one homosexual parent and, despite many protesters' efforts to prove there is something wrong with that, there actually isn't.
If you're going back to work and you've got children you can get financial and practical help with childcare. From tax credits to flexible working arrangements, there's lots of support available to make your life easier.
It's likely that every bilingual family wishes to offer the gift of a second language to their children. It is largely accepted that bilingual children are later talkers, but when they start talking, they start in both languages with native fluency. It is indeed a wonderful gift to give to a child for the rest of his life. Until then, you could go through hell and back trying to persevere in your determination to go on with it. There are several ways of raising children bilingually.