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When it comes to tidying up there seem to be two camps.   There are those who tidy along the way, picking up bits here and there and...

As we get ever closer to Christmas, please remember that your words have power. I have received no Christmas Cards yet this year. Then...

My daughter is on holiday this week. Hopefully she is having a nice time. I expect she will not be having an awesome time, because her...

It does in ours, but not in a worrying way. In fact I’d say that I learnt a lot about conflict at Christmas. We play a card game at...

As the weekend I saw two children, on two separate occasions, who fully embraced the Christmas spirit. Well a big inflatable Father...

On Friday, last week, I spoke to some kids. Brave of me I know. I did not raise my voice. I did not swear or cuss at them. I did not tell...

If you have young children, who are busy writing their Christmas wish lists. Here is some free advice. Don’t look at them yet! It can be...

Last week I got to observe, first-hand the impact of our phones on parenting. I was a couple of seats away from a toddler and mother. The...

At the weekend I spoke to my eldest. She is rapidly approaching the end of her second year at Uni. I asked if this year was better or...

This may not sound that impressive, but she is 18, has a boyfriend, access to a car and an iPhone. So she is not actually at home that...

As a parent you learn to relive life through your kids. You try and remember what it was like to be three and frustrated with the taste...

I ask because in the past I have heard of others doing this and have to be honest and say I was quite judgemental. At the time there was...

Last week there was a late frost.   My eldest made the most of the opportunity by making a snowman, something she last did almost 18...

Smart phones are a new way that children can share messages, ideas and thoughts, they are also a way to create mean and unkind content...

Having been encouraged to review the whole grieving process for work, I learnt that grief as an emotion can be felt over loss, not just...

You will have different levels of risk you are willing and comfortable to live with, but unless you allow your child to try things, how...

We have two cats. One is black and white, the other all black.   The thing is, our cat is not really black. When she lies in the sun, you...

Something which I think is special to see in your child is humour.   When children start school they learn lots of things about the...

Before your child turned three, a promise of ‘later,’ was probably all you needed to give to stop the incessant requests of “Can I have?...