Well my son has been gone almost a week and he’s having a blast at Fresher’s Week and enjoying settling into Brunel University. Through Twitter I am delighted to have a developmental psychologist, educator, researcher, and writer who studies how today’s youth grow into healthy, successful, and engaged adults as my guest blogger today. Here […]
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Both girls and boys get ADHD, and people with ADHD can be very bright. There are lots of myths out there about this disorder, and science is finding the facts to dispel them. Read more here on Every Day Health Go and explore this EXCELLENT website called The Coffee Klatch which is dedicated to […]
I’m delighted to have been invited to join a panel for a debate in the House of Commons in December on the recent riots in London.
I watched in horror on Sky News about children as young as eight having been filmed “cage fighting” in footage that medical experts have called “disturbing”. The violent sport, also known as “Mixed Martial Arts”, combines martial arts, wrestling and boxing but with few rules. Contestants are allowed to punch, kick and elbow each other […]
For many children school is a place to see their friends, have fun and enjoy the challenges of the day. For some though even the thought of going to school can bring on stress and anxiety. Read my advice in Child Care Professional and in Tremendously Two Here is my original article called “Coping With […]
Here’s today’s story from my never-ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil. The Hat Trick The speaker had arrived at the village hall to give a talk that people had eagerly awaited for many weeks. The talk was on a particular contentious issue that touched on the lives of everybody in the village. There were many […]
Here is an interesting article from WalesOnline.co.uk Are toddler tantrums pushing you to the edge? Learning from parents of children with autism could help steer you through those meltdown moments What is it about supermarkets? Is your weekly shop more meltdown than melt-in-the-mouth? Surviving tantrums is a parenting rite of passage. But for parents of […]
For less than a haircut and highlights I will make you a positive, relaxed and confident parent in 5 days 🙂 Family success, happiness and parenting confidence are not accidents that happen to some parents and not to others. They are created by specific ways of thinking and acting in the world. Learn how to […]
T E A M Together Everyone Achieves More How can you achieve more of this “we” mindset in your family this week?
We have just come back from dropping my son at Brunel University for the start of a new era in all of our lives as he embarks on a new 3 year adventure to study Journalism at College and has effectively left home. It got me pondering about the Toughest Job In The World […]
T E A M Together Everyone Achieves More
On Thursday evening I offered a few words at an important charity event in Airport House in Croydon – it was to help businesses affected and destroyed by the Croydon Riots 5 weeks ago and was called Brick by Brick Rebuilding Croydon businesses. I met Trevor Reeves of Reeves Corner Furniture shop and he told […]
I’ve just discovered this super site Blog For Family Dinner from exploring Twitter. Come and join in ……. “We often hear about the long-term benefits of family dinner. Nonetheless, as busy parents, it can be hard to think about health and social benefits that are far down the road when you are just trying to […]
My children are still children and I will have realistic, age appropriate expectations for them.
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