I was delighted today to discover another very gracious review of my latest app – The Sue Atkins Parenting Made Easy App ~ by Vivien Sabel today. Here it is and if you’d like to review my Parenting Made Easy app please feel free to tell all your friends as I’d LOVE to hear your […]
I am really delighted to show you a super review that I received from the lovely Deidre from Sign2Music. “Sue Atkins is a parenting expert in the UK who is the author of “Raising Happy Children for Dummies.” She frequently writes articles and appears on TV and radio discussing many aspects of parenting. This app […]
I’ve just come home from being interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour with the wonderful Jenni Murray about the differences in emotional eloquence between boys and girl. Getting older children to open up and talk to you can become a little harder as your children mature, and scientists still aren’t sure whether the differences […]
I have been working in a school recently and I just noticed how many more negatives the children received than positives and I wondered why I was coming home SO tired. Then it dawned on me – negative energy drains me – it pulls me down rather than pushes me up ! This way of speaking and acting […]
Today’s guest blogger is a man with a vision and a passion for “Sport For All” including children that have learning and physical disabilities. I met Gary Marlow from Marlow Sports http://www.marlowsports.co.uk/ at my friend Julia’s fabulous WineEntwine http://www.winentwine.co.uk/ wine tasting event to raise funds for the NSPCC a couple of weeks ago and I was […]
I have BIG Dreams but I take SMALL steps ~ Sue Atkins
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Researchers studying autistic children have discovered their brain activity appears to be out of sync compared to their peers at a very early stage. They found that language areas in the right and left sides of the brain are less synchronised in autistic toddlers. The weaker the synchronisation, the more severe the communication difficulties exhibited […]
Here is a list of famous and highly creative people in the past or present that had or still have ADD or Dyslexia. What you need to ask yourself as a parent is: “If it wasn’t for people such as these the world wouldn’t be the same without their dreams, hopes and creativity. How can […]
Father’s Day is over, but DaddyBeGood has launched. Written by dads for dads, they want to help you be the dad you want to be. It’s got some great articles including this one on Obama and Cameron differing approaches to fatherhood. But which do you agree with? http://www.daddybegood.com/archives/living/is-fatherhood-political
Here’s a guest post from the wonderful Talking Teenage website. “Fathers do it. Women do it. Teens do it. Congressman Weiner did it and it resulted in his resignation and in humiliation for his pregnant wife. We are talking about sexting. We expect that Father’s Day will be a very confusing day for Mr. Weiner […]
I took my Auntie Betty out on Tuesday as she had a stroke last November and doesn’t go very far these days. We went for a stroll in Dulwich Park and had lunch in the Pavilion Café. It was special. I used to play with my cousins on Sunday afternoons in Dulwich Park with my […]
Here is a simple story from my never ending notebook and everlasting coloured pencil about a farmer and his rooster that illustrates the power of being determined. “There was once a newcomer who moved to a small rural town. He soon found that all of the residents were farmers and for entertainment, they would bet on rooster […]
I was on BBC Radio Surrey today discussing cotton wool kids – children who are over protected Listen here to Danny Pike http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p007gllp Here’s a blog I wrote awhile ago to help you get clear about your own ways of protecting your kids. Well, I don’t know about you but I loved riding my bike […]
Today I am delighted to introduce you to the lovely Emma Hammett who I met when I was presenting the What’s On 4 Junior Awards at The Hilton Hotel in Cobham on Thursday. Emma was the First Aid for Life for the What’s On best antenatal/postnatal Award 2011. Every parent dreads their […]
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