Communication, Kids and Culture
I read two articles last week about the exam stress suffered by those teenagers currently going through their GCSE’s or A Levels; the first said that parents should be very relaxed and understanding and try not to add to the … Read More
I thought I’d do a fun quiz this week as it’s the Easter holidays and what better way to relax than doing a fun quiz about parenting? It’s not one of those quizzes designed to make you feel bad about … Read More
How much time is it OK for kids to spend online and how do you control that? I’ve written about screen time before and how we shouldn’t be scared of it; it’s not the total baddy it’s made out to … Read More
Observing a child hitting or kicking a parent is one of those things that has always made me instinctively gasp inside, it’s a gut reaction which is a mixture of shock, shame and fear, and I think my feeling is … Read More
One of our jobs as parents is sharing information with kids; things that they don’t know but we do. In fact, it could sum up the job, it’s what we are always doing right from the start. We’re telling them … Read More
I’m becoming increasingly aware of things that really should work but don’t. Diets for example, or regularly checking your breasts for lumps, they’re things that don’t work and there’s lots of research and evidence to back that up. But they … Read More
You use what you’ve got to give your kids an advantage in the world don’t you? And what we’ve got is individual to us, there’s no better or worse, and it’s part of our parenting job to use what we … Read More
When my daughter was three, I said to her ‘The World Cup is starting next week, I’ll need to watch every match uninterrupted.’ This is a confessional blog post, by the way, I’ve always felt I can’t possibly tell people … Read More
We’re good at gender-stereotyping in my family, and for that I think we have to thank Enid Blyton and the Famous Five; reading those books together gave us all much opportunity for gender-based hilarity and mirth when my children were … Read More
My children may be getting on a bit, they may look mature, but I realised this week that they’re just grown-up kids. We have a new huge cardboard box in my family, that’s when it started. It sits in the … Read More