We go on courses from marketing to management but still get embarrassed to say we’d like to go on a parenting class – why is that? I’ve been interviewed on BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC Radio Sheffield today discussing the new Government’s initiative to offer free parenting classes to parents. The standard objection is […]
Peter and Helen came to see me because as a newly married step family they were having some problems with Helen’s older children of 13 and 15 listening to Peter when he told them to tidy their room or to help around the house. The kids were angry and shouted, “You’re not my real Dad” […]
As a former Deputy Head & class teacher for 22 years before becoming an author & broadcaster I am fascinated as the £5 billion budget for pupils with learning difficulties is rising fast – but is the money being used to cope with a new tide of poor parenting and failed teaching? I work in many […]
What do others learn from observing me?
I was delighted to have been invited to discuss parenting after the Riots at The House of Commons and tonight I am on BBCRadio 5 Live discussing the governments answer as parents will be given £100 vouchers for lessons in how to handle their children in a Government bid to tackle a lack of family discipline. The free […]
All people smile in the same language ~ Anon
I’ve just discovered downloading the Sunday papers on my Kindle ! Bliss ! So I read with interest Jemima Lewis’ article in The Sunday Telegraph about how paternity leave is good not only for children and mothers, but can help the economy, too. What do you think ?
I had the great honour of being invited by my friend Melanie to be with her on Friday as she had her first scan of her growing baby at 12 weeks. I can’t tell you the joy we both felt as Mel is 41 and this is her first longed for child. To see the baby kicking their little […]
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Love this blog post from Nathan Thornburg – who wrote an op-ed for this week’s Time cover story “You’ve probably seen the cover image by now, a young mother confidently breastfeeding a boy who is, as one critic put it, old enough to make his own breakfast. It’s a provocative image (congratulations to TIME’s vaunted […]
In the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of parliament yesterday it was revealed that the coalition government plan to revolutionise maternity leave by allowing parents to split it between themselves. The move could allow mothers to return to work earlier after the birth of a child, but also allow fathers to be more hands-on […]
Parents will be able to take more flexible leave to care for their children under family-friendly laws to be unveiled in Queen’s Speech. Mothers will be able to return to work earlier and transfer their maternity leave to their partners under moves to help both parents share the burden of child care. The Coalition is […]
It’s tough bringing up kids. It’s tiring. It’s challenging so I show the parents I work with lots of simple techniques to help make the adventure more rewarding and harmonious. You can find them all on my Parenting Made EASY CDs But here is one very simple question that you can ask yourself when you feel […]
In a culture that worships youth and has a thousand sites devoted to parenting, it’s easy to overlook or get impatient with the elderly in our life, especially our mums, the people with whom we likely spent so much time and often feel frustrated with. Spring in the Air published this letter on their Facebook […]
The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child. ~ Joe Houldsworth
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