The Sue Atkins Weekly Parenting Affirmation
I relax and enjoy giving my children the gift of magic memories that will last their lifetime
Author: Sue Atkins
Happy Families Online
Christmas shopping and shopping generally with toddlers is given a bad press! With a little bit of planning and some common sense there are many practical ways to take the stress, frustration and tension out of buying your father-in-law his annual socks and festive tie! Here’s my advice on Happy Families Online
What’s Skittles, Santa and Salad Got In Common?
“There’s a lot of sitting around eating and watching TV over the Christmas period, so family and fitness experts provide ideas on how to keep the whole family active and entertained while the telly’s switched off. Thoughts of Christmas don’t exactly conjure up images of exercising, watching what you eat and looking after the […]
The Sue Atkins Weekly Coaching Question
How can you really be more compassionate in every area of your life this week?
Starting School Survival Guide.
Today I’m delighted to have Sarah Ebner as my guest blogger today the author of The Starting School Survival Guide. “It’s nearly time for parents to send in their application forms for primary schools in England, and I know how stressed many of them are. How? Because they tell me! And because I write about […]
The Sue Atkins Weekly Parenting Affirmation
Running on empty We are often very hard on ourselves as parents. We often ” run on empty” putting everyone else before ourselves. But my little red mini would soon run out of petrol if I didn’t fill it up from time to time! So as we all go into this lovely half term break […]
The Sue Atkins Wednesday Story To Ponder
The Giraffe Here’s a story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil about teamwork and the “we” mentality. There was once a giraffe who was taller than his brothers and sisters – he was the tallest giraffe that anyone had ever seen. The pity of it was that, being the tallest giraffe, […]
Here’s my speech at the House of Commons about life after the riots
Here’s my speech from last night’s Westminster Debate about Life after the UK riots. Good Evening Thank you so much for inviting me here this evening to discuss such an important subject. You like me, were probably really shocked and horrified to watch the events unfold live on TV as it just seemed unbelievable that […]
What have coincidences, The House of Commons and the X Factor got in common?
I was giving a speech at The House of Commons last night about the importance of positive role models in the lives of children after the UK riots and I began reading a very inspiring blog by John Locke that’s in his latest book “How I sold a million ebooks in 5 months” while I was […]
The Sue Atkins Weekly Coaching Question
How can I make this time of the year really magical for the kids and create memories that last a lifetime ?
Join me tonight at The House of Commons open debate on supporting parents and their children after the UK summer riots
House of Commons hosts open debate on supporting parents and their children after the UK summer riots The House of Commons, 12th December, 6.30 pm
The “stuff” your kids just MUST HAVE !
Advertising is a multi-million pound business and our kids are surrounded by adverts all the time on websites, on TV, on billboards, in magazines as well as in films as product placements, on buses, buildings, and scoreboards. The power of a celebrity endorsement is very potent to young people. Just think of Cheryl Cole’s […]
The Sue Atkins Weekly Parenting Affirmation
Christmas Shopping It’s a busy time getting organised for Christmas but it needn’t be stressful, overwhelming and exhausting. Yesterday’s blog was all about helping you relax, taking back control of your life and learning to ask for help. So take a few minutes to ground yourself, sit down if you prefer and breathe deeply […]
Thinking about children’s road safety.
How can you start helping your child begin to understand the basic principles of road safety? Take a look at ways you can teach your children road safety, and help them to learn the Green Cross Code on the website Why Road Safety Matters Explore the advice on the award-winning film, Street Safety with Teigan, which […]
Raising children is not like installing a self-cleaning oven.
Here’s a great article about babies from Huffington Post “Babies don’t come with a manual. No matter how much parenting advice your mum, sister, co-worker and hair stylist have to offer, there’s no way to get what’s happening with these little creatures in every situation. (We’re talking about you, colic.) That’s where science comes in. […]