Tag: children
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...
We Lost Our Friends When We Had Children
I watched my partner as he tried to put on a brave face and pretend he was OK, but I knew he wasn’t. Anything...
I Still Miss Him Sometimes But I’m Glad My Husband Is...
It was the speed with which John died that stunned me. He'd felt tired and under the weather, and I told him to go and...
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Stop Asking Kids What They Want To Be When They Grow Up
How many times have we heard the age-old question, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” It seems like the one...
Something For The Weekend – Spicy Tuna Fishcakes
For some reason, the kids have never been that fond of store-bought fishcakes – but they love these. Luckily, they don’t take long to...
‘Three-Person Baby’ Born Using Controversial Donor Technique
A woman in Greece has given birth to a baby with DNA from three people – her own, the father, and an egg...
Reset The Routine – 8 Back-To-School Sleeping Tips For Kids
If you're anything like us, your routines will have been totally obliterated by the coronavirus crisis. But, with kids in the UK going back...
Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Ranked as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Dwayne Johnson – also known by his professional name, The Rock –...
Can Surrogacy Ever Escape The Taint Of Global Exploitation?
Surrogate motherhood has a bad rep, as a murky business far removed from everyday experience – especially when it comes to prospective parents from...