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How often do you praise your child? Is it a regular thing or something you reserve for special occasions (like exam success)? Do you do i…

Yup I fully appreciate the irony of a post about the problem with parenting advice on a blog which focusses on giving parenting advice… b…

Children, teenagers, adults – we can all be attention-seeking. Even if we shy away from direct attention, we would never want to be ignor…

“Children are like sponges” – have you ever heard that phrase? I think it’s so accurate – they pick up on everything that’s going on arou…

Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, to imagine how they might be feeling. After 7 years as a mama, I’m puttin…

Cause and effect is the idea that something happens as a consequence of something else. For example, if I drop a glass, the glass smashes…

The key to gentle parenting is treating your child as you would wish to be treated yourself. It is the belief that children deserve respe…

It’s hard when children fall out at school, isn’t it! A playground spat can be very cruel and we’re not there to help our little ones get…

The tears are still drying on my cheeks as I type this. Tonight, I’ve taken one of the biggest gambles of my life – I was offered a teach…

Gentle Parenting is the idea that parents treat their kids with respect. The adults make all their decisions out of love and empathy for …

Gentle parenting: it’s one of those marmite things – you either love it or hate it. Some people are drawn to the laid back, forgiving app…

As parents, it can feel like we spend our lives saying, “no!” Much as we hate doing it, sometimes dictator mummy has to step in and be fi…

I worry about my future teenage kids. Or rather I worry about the kids I have now becoming teenagers. It’s a cruel world out there, and p…

I remember the first day Jenny came home with “spellings” – a list of 10 words to be learnt, ready for the class’s weekly spelling test….

Do a quick scroll down Instagram and you’d be forgiven for thinking that the key to being a happy mum is vase of tulips and a smiling chi…

As a mum, you spend a lot of time listening to your kids! Sometimes they’re singing, sometimes they’re screaming, sometimes they’re makin…

Regular readers will know that the power of words and the importance of using positive language are common themes in this blog. But today…

As I stare out of the window at the dusk slowly covering the world in a blanket of blackness, my heart feels heavy. Today was going to be…

Today was the school nativity.

I remember being so proud of you last Christmas when you learnt all the words to your class song. You eve…

I’ll be honest – I would have been happy to stop after having Jenny – we were very contented as a family of three and money was tight.

B…