Would you smack your friend’s child for being naughty ?

I’ve just been interviewed by BBC Radio Birmingham  discussing this article where an assistant in Boots tapped a 3 year old child who had been knocking  bottles of bleach off from a shelf. I know myself falling out with a friend on holiday who let her 3 year old spit at his Dad and was allowed to rub […]

THIS is what you say when your daughter says she is fat

How do you handle it when your daughter suddenly says “I’m fat?” Here’s one Mum’s approach – what’s yours? http://www.ivillage.com.au/%E2%80%9Cmom-i%E2%80%99m-fat%E2%80%9D-one-mother%E2%80%99s-inspired-response-her-7-year-old/154381

Fancy Popping into ‘Boots’ for your FREE Vouchers For Parenting Classes?

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 […]

Problem families face daily visits from officials !

I am being interviewed tonight on http://www.talkradioeurope.com/ discussing this news article. As you know,  I have been invited to the House of Commons in December to join a panel  to discuss the way forward after The Riots in England Problem families face daily visits from officials By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor “More than 100,000 problem […]

Fat Britain: Tackling the obesity epidemic – what’s the solution?

I am speaking on LBC Radio tomorrow at 9.10 am on obesity in children in the UK. We are discussing this article and report in The Daily Mail Obesity rates in Britain are soaring with nearly a quarter of adults now classed as clinically obese. Despite Government warnings that we are turning into a nation […]