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Tracksuits that become too short in the arms and legs as children grow can be lengthened by inserting bands of contrasting fabrics.

Putting names on kids’ school pencils is quicker and easier if you shave off a strip of wood with a potato peeler instead of a knife.

Use a laundry marker to make a matching symbol or number on each pair of white socks in the wash so that they’re easy to match at putting away time.

Help your baby to sit by putting a blow-up swim ring around her waist instead of propping her up with pillows. It will save a lot of toppling over and bruising.

When children are inclined to compete over portions and are reluctant to share, allow one to cut the “share” and the other to choose.

Make a photo album with snaps of close family or friends who live interstate or overseas and give it to your children. This way, they’ll know them by sight and, when visits are made, less “warm-up’ time should be needed.

Here’s a tip for the new mum. When you are bathing your very young baby, wear a cotton glove on the hand you use to support your baby. This enables you to keep a firm hold on the slippery little body.

When you are working at night on your PC, task-based lighting is much easier on the eyes than having a light shining from above and onto your computer screen. Invest in an attractive desk lamp to...

Bookmark popular Internet sites while you are looking at them - this will make them easy to retrieve and visit at a later date. Using Microsoft Internet Explorer, choose Favorites, then Add to...

If your PC is positioned near a window and the light is interfering with your computer screen, either invest in an anti-glare cover for your screen or find something you can put over the window...