Surviving Exam Season – Top Insider Tips From a Family Who’ve Been There
Exam season is upon us – and I’m definitely feeling your pain and your fear of ever Surviving Exam Season. I’ve parented through GCSE’s and A Levels, and child No.3 sits his GCSE’s next year – I’m becoming a pro at this. There’s an old Zen saying which I love; ‘Everything the same; everything different’. Every teen is unique, of course, with different struggles, different...
The Influence of Childhood Mental Health on Adulthood
Experts call a child’s mental health the most important part of their social and cognitive development. For a child to live up to their potential and live a happy and well-adjusted life, they must have a healthy frame of mind. Good mental health is also tied to wanting what’s best for themselves and those around them. Understanding childhood mental health is an important first step in protecting children around the...
The Trick Of Holidaying With Teens. We’re Thinking Croatia, With Some Rafting…
Finding a family holiday which pleases the whole family seems to be intermittently tricky over the years. As a baby they pretty much just tag along with you, as long as you can squeeze a cot into your room. Then there’s the out-of-a-pushchair years, when you find yourself battling with them – not every holiday outing has to involve a ball pit, right? Then there’s the slightly older years when they’re competent...
The Single Biggest Parenting Lesson We All Need to Learn.
I wrote recently about taking a pretty joyous day off.And when I say a ‘day off’, I don’t meant a ‘don’t go to work, but do the laundry, dusting, grocery shopping and clean out the fridge’ kind of day off.No. Thanks to a One4All Gift card, I grabbed the chance of a real actual day off. Sorry to be a living cliche, but the first thing I did was go shoe shopping (yes, I may have stroked the pretties...
Spotted! Duvet Day bedset – £20 & perfect for the teen in your life!
Absolutely loving this duvet cover set I just spotted over at Dunelm. How perfect for a grey January?! It also hits a really nice design spot too – it’s old enough to not feel like a ‘kids’ duvet cover to a teen, but at the same time it’s not old and boring; it’s absolutely perfect for a teen girl’s bedroom (though my boys love a duvet day with the best of them, I suspect a girl would be...
Win an amazing £200 Voucher for New Balance! | #LittleStuff24
“Rudolph the red nosed reindeeeeeer…” Behind door number nineteen of the 2017 #LittleStuff24 is your chance to win an amazing £200 Voucher for New Balance! We’re HUGE fans of New Balance – for kids and adults alike. Founded in 1906, New Balance is an American footwear brand that makes sports shoes – and they’re known for bring a blend of performance and style. A air of New Balance shoes is never just...