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Tesco value - 1.41 for 18 = 0.078 /unit Pampers - sensitive 3.99 for 23 = 0.17 /unit 3 units per day. 365 days a year. = 186 Pounds a year. Say for 2 years. 372. Not including clothes yet. Minus baby foods, or baby ointments and illnesses, and doctors fee etc. Educational toys is what costs as well. Books and developments. If you have siblings, then maybe this can be hand me downs, but if you do not. Then most moms resell and rebuy. Otherwise, then it is more about buying cheapest and free.

This is absolutely true. I also stand by that too. Now who has lied to a Taoist like me here, and why do I lie in return and take the mick ? Why are we playing this kind of petty mind games ? Even in Confucianism, the philosophy states that you shouldn't fight and let things flow and go. Inactive doing and pacifism is indeed encouraged. You can only truthfully feel, and sense a person's motivation and intention when you yourself are at peace with yourself, and also allowing others to be themselves too. Over exaggerating and actually living in your own ego, reduces that clarity that you see for yourself. To me, the truthful situation is that, nobody here is stating that they want to rule Britain. No other countries have declared war on Britain. Britain itself has reduced in size in terms of the Commonwealth, and the progression and development of so many countries has increased. More and more information about the world is readily available. The internet also allow others to live outside of that well and see the world at large, and maybe you will indeed feel more threatened. I do not blame you. What will happen in the next phase of the Global politics and international community will also be probably a delicate one. Most are aiming for a mutual beneficial relationship. Migration of people shall be a given, and this is not going to be anything new. Most British people I know from previous generations have indeed gone and settled in more wealthy Commonwealth countries already. The diplomats have also settled in their respective chosen countries, and not necessarily reside in the UK. Why would anyone want to reside here and listen to the continuous moaning and groaning. It depletes your soul. UK could've been like a Japan. We could have a growing old population and no new generation to be born and to boost up the economy. If you are lucky, and if the UK plays it good and well, then their immigration policies should allow those are have British Citizenship to come back into the UK to reinvest in the far future when they have made their own money abroad and to reboost up the economy too. That would be a hope of the next generation. Any kind of lineage and connection is in a way more sympathetic and hopeful for this country. That is, if the citizens of the republica of various cities permits.

Sometimes it is also genetic too you know. I bet you are either an Ectomorph or an Mesomorph. Meaning that any food which you eat will not add to your body's overall weight. Whereas I have come to learn now that I am in that difficult spectrum of Endomorph, and a short one at that too. So my portion consumption has to be much more less. I often am bullied socially for eating less, so I try and not be seen as wasting food, but indirectly doing so, I am abusing my own body, or that others take the mick out of me. So what is one to do ? Am I lazy for listening to their opinions or should I just please myself and maintain my own focus and diets which work well for me ? http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html Most people will give opinions which worked for themselves, but rarely do you get someone who actually is considerate and thought about what and why something do not work for you and truly work with you, than against you. My diet should've been a moderate meat, less to no carb, but more vegetables.

Well, sometimes you forget don't you ? Even I forget what my purpose is, and I am still childless. Even I said this to my own sister that, I see her, and help her out even in the parenting side, but in doing so, it really makes me reject the idea of being a parent too. I often doesn't want to emotionally invest in another child that is not mine but it is one of those things that as an adult, you gotta keep focus and maintain a sense of status quo and do the right thing at the right time and place. One hopes. I think most parents may not spend as much close time with their children could be because of their own fear on the salaries and earnings. I also realised that as a working professional and as a woman, because I am without a child, I am also in an indirect way overlooked too. i.e. job is given to those who has children than me, when I am not married or have children. I came to this realisation too the other day. I also wished that I knew that no matter how hard one tries, there shall also be a ceiling too on the earnings, so having kids can and should've been done when younger. Who would have known this is how it would have gone ? If I am being honest, I think having a child will send my emotions haywire, but yes, I probably have to toughen up too and do the right thing. I just hope I can do that when the time comes.

I don't mean to teach adults common sense, but they need to know the reasons and rationale to something. As in, why persue one method and not another's. I mean, I doubt very much that my mother knew that my brain's development begin when I was younger. I also never knew the reason why children reject vegetables. Now I have learnt and realised that their taste buds are not formed to tolerate bitterness, and that is why the child act up. Cos it intensify their experience and it is not what they need. So they reject it. I told my sister this and now she just uses boiled vegetable water to make a kind of porridge with. Now my nephew eats it all ! Something so simple, but I bet you that child psychologists are going nutso over this simple thing alone. There are a lot of "baby books" now out there, and that documents roughly how a child learns. So I did wonder why parents are not using this kind of thing. A happy baby means an easier life. Also, some parents didn't know that they should let the child learn to eat food themselves cos they are curious, but then they shouldn't try and make them use forks unless they want to. Also, some parents may not know that lecturing doesn't work, but coaxing works better for their own child. Each child is different, and you just do not know their personalities until they show you themselves what they are like.

But you shouldn't use harsh words to describe a child, should you though ? Because if we must be fair and see a child for being a child, it is not their fault that they are actually young and need to learn as we also learned too. We may as adults think back to when we were a child and feel that we were ignorant. But in reality, and if we see it objectively, they are right where they need to be, and need to go through the exact same journey as we did when growing up. Yes, we may "judge" now, and feel that it is natural, but why shouldn't we use this kind of thoughts and put that to good use and bring out the best in the next generation of children ? Carrots and sticks. To motivate and to also be harsh when it is too wrong. It really is finding that sweet spot for each child to bring them out and work with that really. To me, I would and hope I find the strength when I have my own child, to really focus and bring the best out of him. I can now appreciate why my mother had such a handful of bringing 4 of us up, and my older siblings always used to bully me. I can also see through us our own weaknesses and strengths too and when to use it for good reasons. 2 of us were more intellectual, and 2 of us were proactive insane doers who couldn't sit still. No wonder my father kept it cool and quiet. Maybe for us we learnt from one another, but for those single parents or couples, they need to be their own playmate as well as educator, on top of holding down a job, and who know how to bring out the best from a child if you do not necessarily know what they need? I actually ask my mother a lot for her opinions on child rearing.

Maybe if there are more leaflets and things like that to educate new parents maybe that would be better ? I was reading the other day that children have a lot more neural networks and if they do not use them, then this is where they will die out as the child learns. So the speech, tactile communication and everything else is quite important when they are young. I mean, I did not know that by copying and learning to play with friends at a young age taught me such important skills much later on in life. Who would really know ? But in this day and age, children are kept indoors and from harm, and where will they be finding the time to play with others any way ? When each of my sibling have their child, everyone in the family learns to bring up the child. We all tow the line too and let the child know and think that my mother is at the top of the hierarchy and that we do follow her instructions in his presence, which we do to a large respect. So that he learns also what it means to follow instructions. Can you find this kind of thing in this day and age socially ?

Do you actually like to believe in things just because it fits your own agenda? Because if you read before, I said that I am a Taoist and not a Muslim. Taoism says "go with the flow" and do not fight against the current. If people are angry, then I too should be angry too, bloomin heck! (It really does say this.) ---------- Post added 04-04-2014 at 12:55 ---------- Which muslim is this ? Who is thinking of killing ? Are you a 5th generation Christian ? Or are you an atheist ? Pretending not to be a Christian. I know your game. How come you do not preach Christianity ? What happened to you then ? Did you also lost your belief ?

If you cared to read this thread. I mentioned that I am a Taoist ! I am just integrating as nicely as others are also showing me courtesy too socially. You know. Follow the shoal and swim like they do. Or else you would get booted out of the country too. You know, that kind of thing. I need to be proactive, vocal, and go against my nature, and FIGHT. Oh, you read everything I write seriously ? Do you ? I don't. People will always use their own agenda against you regardless of what you say any way. So why should one feel more compassion for others in general ? You would be the mug for doing so. Nobody wants to be that mug. Why be a doormat when you can be that bit cleverer ? Truthful feelings or irony ? (From my side of the fence ?) Nature or nurture ? Nurture wins !

Ignorance is bliss. What you do not know will not hurt you. If it does not hurt you, then you will feel a sense of belonging and compassion as well. You will just continue to move forward and onward. I think so too. My mother always pushed me to do better, and she is indeed a pusher too. Maybe she could see how worst her generation were and tried to push, but then when things got better, it kind of went the other way. After the boom in her generation, things obviously got worst by my generation. An education is no longer revered. The uneducated seemingly more educated than you are, and you end up trapped in a no man's land situation. Maybe there needs to be a level of pragmatism. I now see my friends struggling to bring in a child all on their own, and I revere and is very sentimentally attached to how we were raised. Which were with families around, and cousins to play with, and we had a great time too. Maybe because of how the numerous amount of information is available, I have to work the other way and shield further information from my nephew, and filter what I say, and what I know, and give them a sense of hope too for the future. Cos I think the internet has way overexposed and stress children in this day and age. Children should indeed go to nursery at a young age. I think nursery should indeed be free in this country. I also never went to nursery too, but I was raised by my grandmother. I played with other children too. Which really shows you whether you survive or not. It goes to show how the world has changed, and those raised with love can indeed will continue this kind of journey and path. It is not possible in the UK for a single couple without support from their families or parents and the state has to be lumped with this kind of bill. If grandparents can retire early, then why can they not provide some wisdom and guidance to their young grandkids ? ---------- Post added 04-04-2014 at 12:32 ---------- Because it costs money. People say that UK is wealthy but it is not when your crisps is now at 1 pound, and that a potty is say another few pounds, and your average weekly shop is say 10 pound for a family. Statistically speaking, a 1 pound potty is 1/10 of a weekly shop for a family. Do you think that is right ? It should be something like 1/20 or as basic as 1/100th ! In London, nursery is around 4.26 per hour. People take their children to nursery by the hour. http://www.daycaretrust.org.uk/data/files/Research/costs_surveys/Childcare_Costs_Survey_2013.pdf

What culture? What values ? People say that they are Christians, but then they act like a-holes. What culture ? People can drink and be merry, but then they take it to the extreme. What goodness and what decencies? But then they complain about you and talk about you behind your back, rather than be honest to your face and talk things over. What responsibility and what decencies? They will just shift the blame and put it onto someone else. What acceptance, love, or kindness? They would be compassionless, and put blame on the "system" than actively make changes by changing their own behaviours to create a nicer community. What democracy ? Their words and their voices, and their angriness, and their sulking is way above yours and they want you to follow them than to vote with your heart and your own belief. If you do not vote in favour of their ways, then they shall sulk, or make trouble in your life. Through abuse, and throw antagonism and make you feel even more isolated. Like as if you were at fault for all of the world's ills. What decent government ? They just appease their voters, and not truly see and stand up with dignity, and have the backing of their citizens. They just kowtow and hide behind newspapers cos that freedom of voice is so important over the actual governance and long-term plan for the country. What is wealth ? Those who have had things good now point the finger and keep reminding the youth of their lack of future cos it is "going down the pan" rather than giving the youths wings, hope, and passion to build a far better future and passing on the baton. What Commonwealth and what is hard work ? People can only see their own hardwork,, even when they have had backings of millions of people who worked through fingers and bones in their own countries as part of the commonwealth to provide the financial wealth of the current generation. Who would in their insane mind praise those who had worked that hard, and contributed so much to this current generation? Ungrateful ignorant ingrits. Now they think that their "management" style from central UK was all their own doing. Do you think that they lied to this current generation ? What and why do you think that they say the things that they do now ? Now they would not ever acknowledge that and you would be lucky if they can let you get away with sitting, reading in peace, without antagonism, cos they would tell you to "go home". Whatever that means. You would think that you are home, and that you are British, even when your family had been contributing to the nation's wealth for many generations. Oi oi oi vey. (Yes, that is Jewish, and no I am not Jewish.) Last but not least. What is Femininity ? You would be lucky not to be insulted, labelled, or even allowed a moment to cry or be sensitive before you are kicked, verbally berated and told to toughen up because of what the other person said. Compassion? Kindness? No such things in this day and age. As a woman in Britain, you have to carry the entire history of all females in this country, and far more. Just because. Well, just because it was done, and you have to carry on that particular way. Just because others had done so before you, even you are born new into a new life, with new hopes. You will be lucky if you can survive and not batted alive, critiqued, told that you're ignorant and all the rest. If you are lucky...

Hm, you got me thinking. Well, between eating vegetables that does not go off () To eating meat that is not meat but looks like meat, but salted, which option would you go for ? I would rather eat the vegetable one. At least it'll make me feel better. The difficulty is that if you have a fresh store selling food of this calibre, they need to go and get fresh produce each day. Or unless local farms get in on the same and not cut and crop the produce until it is ready for consumption and create this shorter "farm to shop" concept, which seems to be back in vogue now. But I guess is not as fresh as European standards though. In the US, Subway is a very very big deal because it is fresher and had vegetables, when many others chains couldn't do it. That is why their "eat fresh" logo really worked. Now UK has gone the other way.

It's a conspiracy I tell ya! A Conspiracy with a capital C ! All is doomed in this country. I tell ya, what is he playing at ? What a load of cod pieces. Who does he think he is shopping at Waitrose? Gordon Bennett, can someone tell him to stop doing that. He is not skilled to do that. He is not trained !

Well, I was trying to respond a bit more on topic, as Tinfoil asked about other chains, and then this thread is indeed about "healthier chains", so those are the ones that I normally see and have come across when I worked away, and is starving for a healthy option. The other ones like Millennium Cafe, or the Bluemoon Cafes are probably my preferred choices when I am in Sheffield because they are reliable. Cos at least I have tried them and they do taste fresher and made from scratch than from a box. Definitely not from a box. I haven't tried the other ones like Nourish or another one which made recent news called PJ Taste ? Sometimes in some odd cafe in town, you will see some nice pieces here and there, but it can be here today, and gone tomorrow. It does not seem that they are consistent, or know when they are onto a good thing. Out of the chains, I do like Le Comptier the best. Because they are obvious in what they wanted to sell, and most Londoners love it. Even I noticed that we do not have a Pret a Manager here. I read that their stores have around 70%+ in London. Their food is good. I can taste the freshness, and it is better than M&S. To say that there is no art in making a sandwich is not true. They should have a store here in Sheffield because Manchester has one now. If they do, they will indeed wipe out the local competitions. They are that good. But then again, I think the locals will rebel and have a goat, because they tend to employ foreigners, and most Londoners love that. I've been to the one in Manchester, and can see that their staff have an absolute attitude problem, so I doubt that this kind of chain can exist in Sheffield. Sheffield never does an "excellence" and top the market level and surprise the consumers. That is something I noticed. There are other indie options that I like, like the tiny Edo Sushi near CEX area. But they are so tiny, but they do serve a good healthier option. If the chains in Sheffield have gone back up the other way and made healthier options, then this is not a problem, but the standard has dropped, so you are only left with searching for a better option most of the time. Even Cafe Rouge when they first opened, they had amazing salads, and amazing deals, but I recently had their fixed menu choice, and I noticed the soup was made from a powder ! I was shocked. This is the problem with chains, when they need to cut, they cut back on the ingredients and squeeze. That is so bad. ---------- Post added 04-04-2014 at 10:26 ---------- Subway is the better evil... Yes, I also agree too. A cafe that "does what it says" and not play on the marketing gimmick that "we are healthy". Just give me good old darn GOOD FOOD ! Don't lie, cheat, tell me excuses about your business problems, but just plough on and let your food speak. Bring back some good old honesty and trust.

There are indeed other healthy options, but they do not exist here in Sheffield. Le Comptoir - Lebanese Meze Restaurants. Decent grilled meat, with salads. Good juicing options. What M&S tried to do with their salads, but not on the same level at all. http://www.lecomptoir.co.uk/docs/generic_take_away_menu_for_all_sites.pdf Camden Food Co - They started out with decent on the go soup selections but in recent days, they have started to gone all weird, and dabbled in the noodle soups, and then the fresh fruits too. I do not know if the standard is the same any more, but they were good before. http://uk.camdenfoodco.com/our-food/ The burger chains, but from REAL meat. Leon http://leonrestaurants.co.uk/vision/ GBK http://www.gbk.co.uk/menu/burgers/ Handmade Burger http://handmadeburger.co.uk/ Semi real and half made wraps and noodle soup type food chains. Other "heathier chains" Giraffe http://www.giraffe.net/classic/menus/ Nandos http://www.nandos.com/

1- Do not argue back 2- Listen to the exact words that we said and understand from the angle which we come from. e.g. our perception and life's experiences. 3- Go ahead and check and verify any way It is not an opinion, we are giving you advice, and life experiences. I dare say that most of the advice given here is a combined effort from so many individuals and I can tell from the level of words written here. If I were you, I would go ahead and check out the employment contracts that you have and reread those and verify. As well as asking the HR personnel who deals with your temporary job just to cover this aspect any way. It is of no loss to anybody for you to check. It is HR's job to check these things, but you must tell them, and inform them any way. It is to mitigate risk. To be honest, I am not likely to help you beyond this point. I just happen to come across an interesting thread and I thought to contribute what little I know. Whether you take our advice and combine all these experiences and see a solution and an approach is down to yourself. You need to take into account what we wrote, check reality, and see a way through it, and find that strategy and goal and move onwards.

I am going to sound harsh now. To me, this is simple. If you can afford to work 40 hours to 50 hours per week, then your child is not being looked after properly. Simple. He or she probably look after themselves, like way too early in their own childhood development. A child is also not likely to learn about food, and his own health, and is not also likely to reject these crazy hours of working when he grows old, when he is not TAUGHT how to. The fact that people are working overtime is both illegal, unnecessary, and also possibly unnatural. Both to the management of the companies that they work for, as well as the companies that they work for. Do people report this ? Possibly no. I have also seen similar things happen in various workplaces too. But you know what, one burns out. Work is always going to be there. What are we working for and fighting for ? Possibly for the wrong reasons. We work for two people, but those two people's salaries can mean work distribution and hire for an extra person. Children may be neglected more than ever and I do not doubt that in the far future, they shall also have some form of relationship problems too as their childhood starts to begin to show them what is "natural" from a young age. And no report or online article will ever bring you back the deep emotional connection that one has with their own child. Time goes by quickly, and what you do is mimic'ed by your children. It is not rocket science, and no adult should have that excuse of "I did not know". But you should be more wise and say "I chose this brand over the other because it is more healthy and nutritious". Also no point in nitpicking on this or that of supermarket strategies when in reality one needs to know what is good food ! I hear people complain, but I do not hear people asks questions about what they eat, and they do not learn. People watch and learn from TV, but who actually go and learn and realise " what is real food " ?

I also went to the US too last year, and I could and feel for myself for the very first time, what it means to be an American and truly see into the life and history of the country. "Fast food" and "drive through" is indeed an American concept. As my bf said, the nation is truly made for driving. The kind of basic nomadic life, and finding an odd eatery, a cafe in the middle of nowhere as a stopover is almost a Godsend to many who has to drive so much across the country. Even in modern day American life, commuting by plane is actually quite a common thing ? I did not realise how much people travel. If I recall, McDonald and their produce did not used to be SO bad. Even when the first one opened in The Moor, it had real decent burgers at that time. Before they got into this heavy franchaising business and threw away that decent ethics in their recipes and food manufacturing side of things. These days, I also try to avoid the place as best I could. Even though they are everywhere, and you cannot but be pulled in for a decent but cheap coffee, especially when everything else is so expensive. There is also another food revolution in the US too. Another chain called "Five Guys" are really bringing back their food to be more home-made and fresher. Let's be honest. McDonald has lost their manufacturing base now. But what they have gained in the West, is now being used and tried in the East. In the East, they do not serve a cheap burger. They do sell other items, and their names are not truly seen as American. That is to capture their own market share out there. A friend once said that a McDonald in Novo Scotia actually sells McLobster buns ! I am sure that they do too. In the Netherlands, they also serve their local delicacies as well which differs to the UK.

But different people have a different metabolism too. They also have a different need during a different stage of their own personal growth. Did you know that a child has less taste buds than an adult? Hence when they eat greens, they can taste the bitterness 100 fold. That is why they also prefer sweeter things. Not many moms know this. I also just found out about this the other day.

You sound very harsh to be honest. The way I see it is this, people are less and less about looking after themselves, and I do not blame them to be honest, because they do not know any better. I was talking to my auntie the other day as I bought like 8 egg tarts from Coopland to share together over tea. She threw it away after she saw some raw bits in it. I was obviously a bit insulted at her doing that, but then it opened our chat about the standard of food again. She made me look closely at the tart and why she thought that it was not cooked. I can see the soggy part between the pastry and the egg itself. I then thought to myself, "yeh, how come this isn't made in a way which you make flans with, and pre-cook the pastry first before pouring on the egg mixture?". Then she said to me that Coopland, in her teenager days were one of the best bakeries in Sheffield. I do not doubt that at all. Cos I used to love their hand-made cornish pasties and I still remember them fondly too. Now I can see that they have commercialised their baking and it seems to me that they have also short-cut some of the steps too. The end products is very clearly seen. Is it skills ? Or is it lack of professionalism ? I mean, if you were a person who always bought from the same place and you trusted the name and the brand, then wouldn't you also be dragged into the same level of dietary illness without realisation ? How many child in the UK are taught to check their food before eating ? Or are they often asked to finish their food and not let it go to waste because there are starving children in the world ? It is not a case of pampering, but it is also about honest communication, AND education too. A child born today, will not know the difference between a fresh piece of chicken without pre-salting, to a piece of chicken pre-salted in salt water. I can guarantee you that. They would also be "confused" too, and do not feel quite right with themselves, but not knowing how best to achieve and find better nourishing food. Most moms are just as confused too, as they do not realise what their child need and why they are picky. It can be a lot of reasons too. I wrote the above to make a simple point. Sometimes it is not even about whether you make good choices. When what you think are good choices, sometimes it is no longer to be the case any more. Because companies change, and things change. You would hope that it changes for the better and keep the same decent good elements of what is needed, but more often than not, it is not the case.

But that is because is unaware of this themselves. It is also due to how they were brought up too. I was brought up on fresh and good food. Just freshly made from raw ingredients. Because I have seen this done, I know what food should be like, and how I associate food to myself, and my body. But, if you raise a child without letting them know about the world around them, and what is on the offer, then how will they learn or to know? Yes, this kind of "fast pace" lifestyle can turn itself on the head, and it is indeed doing that, but that is why maybe religion is more prevalent again, because people are moving so fast that they lost that sense of connection and purpose to their lives. Both in their daily diet, and their contribution to society. I remember when I was working away from Sheffield, I thought to myself that "I worked so hard to get to a higher paying job, and I eat worst than when I was a student, and paying more for the privileged too". I was SO upset. You have absolutely no idea how much I hated myself for putting that through me. But times I have changed since then, and I can see that the whole food industry in the UK has turned itself back on track a little bit. Some maybe due to social pressures. Others due to consumer pressure, or health warnings from governments. There are a lot of chain restaurants now who claim to be healthy by "concept" only, but when you look at their food, and dissect them, I would not even feed a dog with it. It is that bad.

And as harsh as it sounds, but this is called "food bullying". You force feed your child hoping that they will survive but in actual fact you do not stop to think about the nutrients that they need, and how they perceive food and how it means to their own bodies. So the vicious cycle goes round again.

But you know, cabbage can tastes nice if it is boiled in a kind of clear soup but with other ingredients to make it tastes sweeter as well. It holds its shape well. When you boil away the bitterness, what is left is quite tasty. I used to hate cabbage as well until I tried the first proper American coleslaw. Oh my God. I have died and gone to heaven ! My BF was being annoying when he took me to a seafood place once when we were travelling in the US, which also served some proper homemade coleslaw. He said I was nuts to eat the decorative sides, and not dig into the crab legs straight away. I was just in ... with fresh cool coleslaw. (And no, it was not because they had raisins in it to sweeten it up. ) ---------- Post added 03-04-2014 at 14:25 ---------- That's because those pickles are quite sadistic ! I never understand why in Sweden, their fish is pickled, their veg is pickled, and everybody loves them. When I went over to try, I figured out why. It is cos they put sugar in it to balance it off! Not like what we have here, tonnes of vinegar and think that this is a way to "toughen" oneself up. Bleh. Some people are a bit nutso and get that vinegar ratio wrong in dilution. Ugh. Crazy people.

Shazney, you can try these places if you like: Bluemoon Cafe - Vegetarian - (Quiches, pies, lovely and tasty range of salads) https://www.facebook.com/bluemooncafesheffield?rf=120642101324760 Ego - A nice kid's menu. http://egorestaurants.co.uk/images/menus/26/kids_menu[3].pdf Wagamama - I know it is a chain, but it is one of the better chains. My nephew loves the sweetcorn, and he likes the eggy noodles. He is around 2, and so far, he is eating very clean basic food. Touch wood that he'll carry on this way! They also serve "babbicino". Steamed milk in a frothy cup. http://www.wagamama.com/our-menu/category/way-of-wagamama Millenium Cafe's in the Peace Garden. - My personal favourite place. I love this because the price is kept low, as well as the food being more wholesomely made. They do serve bubble and squeak ! Lots of old local favourites. I normally go for the bubble and squeak, or the chunky fish fingers sandwich. There is another healthy option like the Fish Pie. http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/assets/PDFs/Millennium%20Gallery%20cafe%20menu.pdf Marmeduke. - It's a new cafe in town. I really like the type of food that they serve, and they do have things which really fits well for the kids as well as adults. If you can get them to eat similar things. Like the good old ham and egg benedict. I really like their coffee. Very frothy, and creamy. Maybe you can get a children's "babicinno" from them too. i.e. steamed milk. https://www.facebook.com/marmadukescafedeli

But nobody should work a 40/50 hour week, that is the whole point. It is NOT a life. Most countries have a 37 hour week, and this is the "statistical" optimal point. So you cannot blame or think to put the blame on other areas of life when the one causing the most problem is affecting your health in the biggest of ways. These days, projects will always be ongoing, and people will always be fired. Jobs shall always change, but you have one health. I would walk out if it hits 37 hours. In the end, if you do not pace yourself, it is your own health at risk, and then you get more angry and grumpy. You put it to your children, you put it to your neighbours, you become more and more of an angry person. It causes anxiety, indigestion, and other health issues, which builds up slowly hidden inside of you.