This blog is for parents who want to read something original and real about parenting, not the same old same old…lots of science, lots of humour and a load of good tips that really work! And an occasional rant.
Welcome back everyone who had to make a bit of effort to resubscribe to this blog, and welcome new subscribers! Those who’ve been here for a while know that I… Call me a tiger mother, but I used to MAKE my children sit down to watch ‘Top of the Pops’ with me every Thursday evening. It was important, how else… Me’n’thekids had a chat about the Olden Days this week. We were all trying to remember a time before the internet, and I was having more difficulty than them in… Recently I have been getting Behaviour Recommendation reports for my daughter from school into my inbox at an alarming rate and it’s making me nervous. It’s not that I’ve never… Giving a moral lecture never works does it? Here’s a little scenario from my family this week to illustrate this fact. Third Son was across the room on the sofa,… We do long car journeys well now, me’n’thekids. We’re used to the 6 hour trip to North Wales to see Grandma, we know the rules and it all runs smoothly,… Easter Day, and the family tradition of What we Do on Easter Day kicks in. My sister comes round with her two children (‘The Cousins’) and we play Music Scrabble whilst… Do you have an odd child in your family? I’m only asking because I used to have one. He was an odd child right up to about the third year… ‘Aren’t you glad you’ve got a ‘parenting expert’ for a mum?’ I asked my kids after seeing the description of myself in the Mail’s You magazine this morning. Roars of… You try to bring your children up according to your values, but other people’s ways are different. You may really disagree with the ways other people treat your child, especially… I know that explaining things to your children is supposed to be a part of good parenting but I’m not sure about it, I’ve so often seen it done in… Oh Lego, Lego, Lego, my favourite toy when I was a child – EVERY child’s favourite toy, or all the ones I knew anyway. Oh Lego what’s happened? Why don’t… I am becoming a real feminist, I know this because my 16-yr-old son rolls his eyes and says ‘Honestly mum, you’re becoming a real feminist’ whenever I make a reasonable… Do you do that thing where you pretend that birthday presents don’t matter to you – do you even convince yourself it’s not important, but then, when it comes to… There are lots of different screens, and when it comes to modern parenting they get lumped together as one thing: ‘screen time’ about which we have to have a ‘policy’…. If you watch the t.v. or flick through a magazine you’ll see our culture’s idea of what the archetypal mother looks like. Fairly attractive, slim, cheerful, caring, compassionate, and always…
Harmful Cultural Messages
Things I Do With My Kids
New Technology For Kids
Punishment and Reward
Giving A Moral Lecture
How We Do Long Car Journeys
Family Traditions
Do You Have An Odd Child?
The Problem With Teenage Girls?
Other People With Your Child
Explaining Things to Your Children
Lego, What Have You Done?
Feminism and Values
How To Get Birthday Presents
Screen Time: How Much Is OK?
The Archetypal Mother