If you’re looking for parenting help and advice from someone who really understands the challenges raising kids can bring, then you’re in the right place. With over 25 years experience working with children and having raised two kids of her own, Sue really knows how to make positive changes in any family.

Regularly featured on ITV’s This Morning and many other TV and radio shows, her advice is much sought after due to her positive, guilt-free attitude and effective solutions. The Sue Atkins Parenting Blog is where Sue shares some of her best advice to help you raise confident, resilient, independent kids. With new posts featured every few days you’ll always find something new, interesting and relevant to read.

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Riot police were forced to break up crowds at a teenager’s 16th birthday party after 3,000 people turned up because she left the Facebook event invitation open.

Riot police were forced to break up crowds at a teenager’s 16th birthday party after 3,000 people turned up because she left the Facebook event invitation open. A lesson in there for us all ! Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206919/Riot-Facebook-party-attended-thousands.html#ixzz27HOtNr9I Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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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 […]

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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  

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I am very honoured to have been invited to join the panel for this debate about The Riots at The House of Commons in December.

I am very honoured to have been invited to join the panel for this debate about The Riots at The House of Commons in December. The riots in the UK in 2011, which started on August 6th and continued on until 9th August were a bolt from […]

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I’m delighted to have been invited to join a panel for a debate in the House of Commons on the recent riots in London.

I’m delighted to have been invited to join a panel for a debate in the House of Commons in December on the recent riots in London.

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Just WHY are kids in the UK SO UNHAPPY ……….. AGAIN ?

Four years ago I read the UNICEF report on why children in the UK were so unhappy, so un-cherished and so un -nurtured. I was so incensed by the Report the last time, that I stayed up until 2.30 am to record a video called “A Nation […]

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Read my interview with Nursery World about parenting and discipline in the wake of the riots.

Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities. The teenagers involved in the riots clearly thought it was acceptable to loot and vandalise. Do […]

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My take on ways forward after the riots.

The riots in the UK shocked the world but I believe that good will come from the ashes of the burning cars and the looted shops as we will as a Nation begin to look at the underlying causes to such wilful and reckless looting, greed and […]

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10 Parenting Tips for Teaching Respect.

“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster” ~ Stephen R Covey Respect is the key energy of any happy family, community or society and it is one of the most important things […]

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Set your sights high for your kids

I gave a keynote speech for the Staff Conference in Central Hall Westminister for the wonderful School Home Support Charity for whom I am an ambassador when I read this wonderful quote: “Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not […]

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A Handful of Hope – ways to prevent a violent world.

If we hope to create a non-violent world where respect and kindness replace fear and hatred We must begin with how we treat each other at the beginning of life. For that is where our deepest patterns are set. From these roots grow fear and alienation ~or […]

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Young people praised for leading cleanup efforts after riots

By Janaki Mahadevan Tuesday, 09 August 2011 Be the first to comment !   Young people have been praised for taking to the streets to clean up after another night of rioting across London. Volunteering charity V has been encouraging groups of young people to […]

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Every little helps – Tesco and booze

Every little helps – Tesco, booze and binge drinking I was fascinated to listen to the lovely Jeremy Vine talking today on BBC Radio 2 to the very enthusiastic chap from Tesco about their support of the government’s proposals to curb binge drinking and rowdy behaviour. Britain’s biggest […]

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