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Category Archives: raising boys
Confessions of a cruiser (part 2)
Perhaps the biggest surprise came when checking in at the cruise terminal. “Oh, there’s Davin from school,” said Son1, as though it was completely normal to come across a school friend some 8,000 miles away from home. They gave each … Continue reading
The big shop (kill me now!)
Catherine the Great presents me with a list on a square sheet of paper. She’s really good at writing out the shopping list and giving it to me with a hopeful look on her face. “We’re running out of everything,” … Continue reading
Posted in baseball field Dubai, Children, honest motherhood, Parenting, raising boys, raising boys in Dubai, raising children in Dubai
Tagged grocery shopping, grocery shopping for a family, hungry boys, shopping lists, supermarket, supermarket shopping, supermarket shopping at the weekend, the big shop
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Internet Scam Warning: Son2’s £280 iTunes bill
Parents Beware: My app-ortunistic son managed to innocently purchase adds-on to his FREE game without a password – arrrrghhh! It’s a Dubai problem, I know, but due to our compound pool springing a leak (think: standing in the middle literally … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Parenting, raising boys
Tagged beware of Hungry Shark game, child spends £280 on Hungry Shark game, children and iPads, getting a refund for scam from iTunes, Hungry Shark bug, Hungry Shark let child spend without password, Hungry Shark scam, internet fraud, internet scam, kids and iPads, kids racking up big iTunes bill, setting up a child's iPad to require password
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