Archived: Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day – 25/01/2012
‘You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going.’ - P.J. O’Rourke
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Quote of the Day – 18/01/2012
‘You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.’ – William D. …
Quote of the Day – 09/01/2012
‘Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.’ – John Wilmot
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Scary Statistic – Job Losses – 28/11/11
According to labour leader Ed Balls, 1,200 people a day are losing their jobs.
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Scary Statistic – The Cost of Debt – 21/11/11
The typical family struggling with debts now spends £224 or 9% of their monthly income on debt repayment according to research by insurance firm Aviva.
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Scary Statistic – Mortgage Approvals Down – 07/11/11
Father Christmas probably won’t be bringing you a new house for Christmas; the BBC is reporting that mortgage approvals were down 3% in September, the first fall for five months.
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Scary Statistic – 35,000 homeless by Xmas – 04/11/11
The homelessness charity, Shelter, says 35,000 people in Britain could lose their home by Christmas – join IT Crowd star Matt Berry in doing something about it
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Scary Statistic – Recession Likely – 03/11/11
According to Angela Monaghan in The Telegraph, there is a 70% chance we will slide back into recession if we can’t rescue the Eurozone from crisis.
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Scary Statistic – Poor Londoners – 21/10/11
Over 1,000,000 in London now live in poverty according to the Trust for London, that’s a 60% increase in ten years.
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Scary Statistic – Falling Income – 12/10/11
British families are facing their biggest drop in income for 35 years, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. That works out to an average loss of £2000 a year.
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Scary Statistic – Poundworld Deluxe – 03/10/11
Poundworld is going up market – its about to open it’s first “express” store in Wakefield
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Scary Statistic – Falling Inheritance – 30/09/11
Where there’s a will there may not be a windfall – according to the HSBC the amount of inheritance parents pass on to their grown up children will half in 15 years’ time as the …
I’m Anita, a mum to two under 5s, a blogger, journalist and author. I’ll be blogging about all things family related whether that’s ranting about legislation, or a general heads up about something to make family life happier and less stressful. 
