This week I’m reading a brill book called Teach Your Granny To Text and Other Ways to Change the World by Nick Stanhope and Tanis Taylor which is great fun and a super way to build confidence, self esteem and self belief in your kids by helping them to take some small actions that over time […]
The Quarryman My Wednesday Story is a magic metaphor for life – it helps us ponder , reflect and connect to what’s important in our lives and I hope that you enjoy reading them each Wednesday. Here is a story from my never ending note book and ever lasting pencil about a Quarryman today. A quarryman’s work […]
The Football League and are really excited about their competition to design the official Football League Christmas card. They are looking for footy mad children aged 11 and under to design the hand drawn official card, depicting a festive football scene, with the winning design being sent to all 72 Football League clubs and our […]
Well as a former Deputy Head who loves empowering kids with self esteem, self confidence and a belief in themselves I thought I run a series of blogs just for them ! So check in for the next few days to print off some fun ideas to get your kids changing the world, making a difference and […]
When I go into schools now running my Beat Bullying -Confidence Classes for Kids Workshop I have seen this technique used in quite a few schools to encourage and reward good behaviour. Here’s a blog written by a Mum who has found it to be very useful with her autistic son. Marble Jar – Great for My Son’s Therapy […]
I love reading around my subject and exploring new techniques, research, or ideas to pass on to you, so imagine my surprise when I read in the Irish online magazine Roller Coaster about research linking children’s blocked noses linked to ADHD ! For over ten years, Dr Buteyko and orthodontist Professor John Mew have observed the negative effects […]
What is out of harmony and how do I restore it?
Children who are persistently aggressive, defiant, and explosive by the time they’re in Nursery very often have tumultuous relationships with their parents from early on. A new study suggests that a cycle involving parenting styles and hostility between mothers and toddlers could be the key. The study was done by researchers at the University of Minnesota […]
Last week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my great friend and experienced publisher and author, Ed Peppitt, about being the best selling author of “Raising Happy Children for Dummies” one in the famous black and yellow series. We talk about how I was invited by Wiley to write the book on […]
Can’t face the thought of the shops with a toddler (or two) in tow? Here are my top tips how to make that trip more of a success published in Families London West Magazine
After appearing on LBC Radio discussing the shocking report out today about teenagers (UK SURVEY DISCOVERS THAT SOME 12-YEAR-OLDS DRINK 28 ALCOHOL UNITS A WEEK.) a wonderful woman called Yvonne McIntosh emailed me. Here is her inspiring email that I just HAVE to pass on to you – please RT and pass on to all […]
I enjoy looking at A Minute with Maxwell video messages each day and in keeping with the theme of teenagers and self discpline here is one on self discipline. Click the image below … expand your world, then pass it along to others and expand their world. Enjoy! Self Discipline
“Children who drink at younger ages are the ones who need help most. We also know that children whose parents misuse alcohol are more likely to develop their own problems later in life” ~Simon Antrobus, chief executive of drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Addaction I am being interviewed today on LBC Radio http://www.lbc.co.uk/ about […]
Today I’m delighted to have the very enthusiastic and wonderful Claire Young as my guest blogger. Some of you may remember Claire from the hit TV show, The Apprentice. She reached the final in 2008. Since then she has been actively working on several projects which are designed to empower and enable young people in enterprise. […]
Staying with the topic of reading. I am delighted to have come across TouchyBooks this week, they have an amazing app for the ipod and ipad, the app is FREE to download, and they are giving away 10 codes for you to claim against a book in their store! To find out how to […]
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