Relationships
Parenting Tips
The only two things you need to be a successful parent
Is There a Secret to Successful Parenting? Over the years I’ve had more people than you would think ask me if there’s some particular thing they can do to ensure they get parenting right. They never used the word ‘secret,’ but that desire for a key or some other magic piece of information to unlock […]
Parenting Tips
How to talk to kids about money so they listen
“And at the start of the fiscal year the economy retracted, which lead to a downturn in…” is exactly not how to talk to kids about money! Get on their level, make it interesting to them and relevant, and I promise you have made your job a whole lot easier. How to talk to kids about […]
Free Activities For Kids
Games to play for a perfect parent child relationship
How these DVDs can support parents to have the best possible relationship with their child With the endless tasks of being a modern day parent, making sure you fit in daily quality time with your children can sometimes be difficult. Shockingly, statistics show that two thirds of communication between a parent and child is about daily routine. “Have you brushed your teeth, […]
Free printable activities & reward charts
Free printable love coupons: Designed with parents in mind
Love coupons; so what the hec are they then? Well, the idea if simple, they are simple coupons that you can give your other half offering to do something that little bit special for them. We have some to share with you today as part of the Love Blog Hop we are doing with some […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
16 things to look for to help spot vulnerable children
In the UK, over 950,000 children experience domestic abuse each year of which 30,000 will live in a refuge. Whether as direct victims of abuse or by witnessing violence, the experience is highly traumatic, often resulting in psychological and physical issues which continue into adulthood. Although there is now a clear acknowledgement of the harm that […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
One simple reason why your child isn’t listening to you
Isn’t it amazing how words like ‘ice cream’ or ‘park,’ or anything else that strikes kids as fun are heard right away. While anything boring, like it’s time to clean up your toys or go to bed, can sail right over their heads simply by your children pretending they never even heard it in the […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
The only way to offer your toddler choice to stop those meltdowns
I have to say I love having lots of choice. If I find a great top and it only comes in one colour, I’m disappointed. If it comes with tons of colour choices I’m going to feel much happier, even I pick the same colour every time. Ok, so I’m a creature of habit. We […]
School
30 reasons I love back to school…and 10 reasons I hate it!
I am writing this next to a precariously piled mountain of washing while listening to a soundtrack of my kids arguing over the noise of Nickelodeon. It doesn’t help that the first half of the summer holidays has been utterly dire and we’ve all be suffering slightly from cabin fever. Don’t get me wrong – […]
Behaviour training tips for parents
How to help your kids cope with loss
When we lose someone close to us it can be very difficult to know how, or what, to tell our children especially when we are dealing with our own loss. However hard it is, there are ways that we can make it easier and talking about it can make our own grief a little easier. […]
School
How to help your kids rock change at school
This week with Beckie Whitehouse of Be Confident Coaching we are discussing change at school such as: starting a new school change of class new teacher friends moving away It can be a difficult transition at school for your child when there are changes. Much of the biggest change will relate around the change of […]
