parenting tips or stories about dealing with children and helping them be stronger and more contented.
It’s school summer fair season again! That means I’ve been approached by a LOT of schools in the surrounding area, for either adverts in their brochures or vouchers for their raffles. Realistically, the vouchers do not really help me with my business. I don’t get a lot of visibility from them and I don’t get a lot […]
I was chatting with Curly headed boy the other day, as he’d been giving us some serious attitude for a few weeks. He was clearly angry with me, but I couldn’t work out what on earth was the matter. So I picked one of those evenings – you know the ones when they want to […]
Here are my Top Tips for finding things to do in the holidays to keep those kids of yours busy without breaking the bank! 1) The Library There is a summer challenge every year. This year is the ‘Creepy House Challenge‘ where the kids read 6 books by the end of the summer holidays […]
A guest post for father’s day: Cat Williams is a relationship counsellor who qualified with the renowned UK charity, Relate, in 2007. She is also a British army wife and mother of two. ‘Stay Calm and Content’ is her newly released book. It was suggested by her clients and explains the ‘secret’ behind staying calm and […]
After school clubs – we often worry about them. Have we chosen the right one? Too few? Too many? Do kids really need them? If they aren’t going to become ‘good at it’ do they really need to do one? Do we need to supplement what they learn at school, with more stuff to learn […]
Is a book festival fun? I was worried. My kids are used to going to festivals. So turning up at a ‘book festival’ were they going to be severely disappointed? Our first stop was to Beast Quest. Very quickly my worries were calmed. A crazy magician guy introduced the concept (I had no idea what […]
This is my review of Chapter 4 of ‘How to Talk so kids listen’ about ‘encouraging autonomy’. This is an interesting chapter for me after Curly Headed Boy asked me a few months ago “when are you ever going to let me out on my own”. As a 13yr old boy was killed on the […]
So I’m onto the ‘important’ chapter of ‘How to Talk So Kids Listen’, which is ‘Alternatives to punishment’. This is the chapter that got me interested, because as I said, Curly Headed Boy turning 7 has been tricky. Initially we succumbed to the fear that we hadn’t been clear enough with him and he ‘should […]
So here are are onto Chapter 2 of ‘How to Talk so kids will listen’; ‘Engaging Cooperation’. Backstory: With a 7yo Curly Headed Boy and soon to be 3yo Little Dimples, life has become a little shouty of late and we were looking for some alternative options, as being stricter wasn’t cutting it. So […]
The first book in my long list I’m going to review is: ‘How to Talk so your kids will Listen and Listen to kids will talk‘ by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. To help me, I’m going to do an in depth review of each chapter, and then at the end of the 6-12 weeks […]