Tag: children
I Don’t Like Playing With My Kids
Sometimes it’ll be Lego. Other times it’s mini plastic Disney princesses being chased by dinosaurs. My four-year-old daughter, Adriana, will create a game, come...
I Thought It Was Just A Childhood Cold, But Now My...
It’s always a little worrying when your kids are ill. Most times, of course, it’s just a cold or a sickness bug or a...
The 13 Habits of Mentally-Strong Parents
How can we make sure our kids will have the resilience to deal with whatever is thrown at them? Sadly, there are no guarantees,...
How To Help Your Child Deal With Friendship Breakups
I always knew when my kids had fallen out with their friends – the looks on their faces when they came out of school...
How To Talk To Your Kids About Disabilities
Kids are curious, and that’s a wonderful thing. But sometimes they ask difficult questions, and we might feel awkward or embarrassed as we’re unsure...
Parents, Limit Your Screen Time – For The Benefit Of Your...
I've never really thought about limiting screen time until a few days ago, when I was sitting on the living room floor building a...
How To Help Kids Develop A Positive Body Image
It was the first time I really considered the need of consciously promoting a positive body image around my daughter. I walked into the bedroom...
‘It’s Not You, It’s Them’ – What To Do When You...
You’ve been BFFs for years – since school, college, or maybe your first job. Even when the babies came along, you didn’t see why...
6 Tips That Will Help Your Kids Learn To Love Reading
For me, a love of books is a gift. One of my greatest pleasures in life is to lose myself in a favourite story,...
Why My Divorce Was Good For My Children
My children know a girl. Let's call her Lucy. She's an only child, raised by two parents who are approaching their silver wedding anniversary. Lucy...
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Want To Breastfeed? These Five Things Will Make It Easier
Recent research has shown that more than 90% of women start breastfeeding soon after the birth of their baby, but only 15% are exclusively...
13 Truths Every Parent of Teenagers Knows
Everything is ‘fine’ They might be floating on clouds after a night out, have a face like thunder when they get home from school, or...
Teenage Pregnancies Don’t Have To Be Disastrous
The idea of having a baby as a teenager often is viewed as both a personal catastrophe and a social problem. This is probably...
6 Ways To Optimize A Nursery For Sleep
When you first find out you are pregnant, it can be so much fun - minus the morning sickness, of course. You begin thinking...
‘They’ll Give Me A Detention But It’ll Be Worth It’ – Scientist Interviews His...
Extinction rebellion, the climate strikes, Greta Thunberg and even the BBC and Netflix have changed the conversation on climate change. Even more than I...
‘Public Health Timebomb’: Half A Million UK Kids Not Vaccinated Against Measles
More than half a million children in Britain have not been immunised against measles in the past decade, according to a new estimate. The children’s...