At what age are kids ready for knives, bunk beds and alone time?

It’s hard to know when to let your kids do all those “grown-up” things they want to.  Here’s our rough guide. 

There are hundreds of thousands of books telling parents exactly when our children should crawl, walk and talk, but as children get older, there are still plenty milestones to be reached.

Here we’ve created a guide of 26 milestones for your child, covering everything from shopping, chewing gum and having sleepovers…

CLICK THROUGH the gallery for 26 milestones for your child…

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