Communication, Kids and Culture
There are two ways of dealing with a child’s grief or trauma, the first is the old-fashioned way of ignoring it, never mentioning the issue and pretending it doesn’t exist. That was in the bad old days before we recognised … Read More
I love the way Nature stops its work and goes no further once it has reached the stage of Good Enough. That’s why we have scars, Nature is quite capable of continuing the job of healing to the point where … Read More
I was watching a comedy show this week and they mentioned a favourite story of mine. ‘What was odd about Einstein’s childhood?’ the host asked and I was shouting at the telly ‘He didn’t speak a word until he was … Read More
I think teenagers are brilliant and I have never bought into the idea that once your child hits 13 years of age you are in for a really awful time for a few years. It’s just not a necessary thing … Read More
Trusting my kids has never come naturally to me. I have always had to work hard at it, it doesn’t seem to come automatically. The reason I know that that my default setting is mistrust is because I generally try … Read More
It’s that time of year again. Off they go back to school and everything in our household ran smoothly up until the last minute when my daughter realised she couldn’t find her school skirt. That’s a fairly necessary piece of … Read More
I know helping kids is part of our job as parents and I know that children of course sometimes need our help. Very often though they actually don’t, but we give it anyway. Whatever it is that you give your … Read More
‘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 laughter. They found it hilarious, always have done.I have to … Read More
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’. Different screens serve different functions though, so I thought I’d … Read More
It’s that time of year again. Your child is starting nursery school, or ‘proper school’, or moving up to secondary, or going off to college or university. And you thought ‘letting go’ meant letting them ride a bike without stabilisers! … Read More