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How long does shoe polish take to dry?
As a busy parent, you’ll know the importance of maintaining your child’s school shoes to ensure they always look their best. However, polishing shoes can feel like a time-consuming chore, especially
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Is a fungal nail infection contagious?
Fungal nail infections occur when a fungal organism gets under the surface of the nail and causes discolouration, thickness and brittleness. Here, we look at whether fungal nail infections are
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Five minutes with… @thedorsetmum
Hi Martha, talk us through a typical day for you and your boys. Our lives are structured around the classic working week, with social weekends. My husband and I both work - he is in private he
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Should kids wear flip flops?
Flip flops can often seem like the ultimate convenient summer footwear, particularly if you need to get your little ones ready quickly so you can head out for the day. Unfortunately, flip flops migh
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How to get rid of blisters
Blisters can be painful, especially if you have a lot of walking or standing around to do. Knowing how to prevent blisters can help, but sometimes you or your little one can be caught out - it h
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Best shoes for toddlers
We know that it’s good for babies to spend as much time as possible barefoot when they’re learning to walk so that they can have that all-important contact between the soles of their feet and the
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How to wash plimsolls
Keeping children’s plimsolls clean does far more than keep them looking smart. Fresh, well-cared-for footwear helps to support good foot health and everyday hygiene - especially important for shoe
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What age do babies start walking?
The first 12 months of a child’s life are filled with exciting milestones, all to be celebrated and captured in our hearts and memories for a lifetime. Those first steps, which are likely to com
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Retailer Spotlight: W J French & Son
At Start-Rite, we are incredibly proud of the longstanding relationships that we have with brilliant independent shoe shops across the UK. As we don't have shops of our own, independent retailers are
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Things to do with the kids on a rainy day
Trying to plan fun activities when your children are off school can be tricky, particularly when the rain dampens every outdoor activity you had planned. Despite it being called the ‘summer’ holiday
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How to store children’s shoes
Every parent to young children can relate to the Sunday night pressures of checking school supplies, getting back into the weekly routine and, most importantly, getting the uniform organised. What’s
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Things to do with kids in December - 17 fun ideas!
When the excitement of Halloween is over with, it feels like we’re truly on the final countdown to the most magical time of the year - December! This month comes with a host of family-friendly eve
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How to keep kids cool at night
Long days, trips to the beach, cold ice cream…many of us look forward to summer and the adventures it brings. However, most of us don’t tend to love being hot, sticky and uncomfortable. Even whe
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10 Family-Friendly Half Term Events
This month we’ve teamed up with ‘Day Out With The Kids’, who share their top 10 family-friendly events to visit this half-term. Let’s face it, February isn’t the easiest month for organising da