I am a real advocate of families sitting down and eating together as it creates a bond, a connection and makes life fun. Kids can chat about their day, their worries or just spend time with you, and you can share your life with them in a easy and natural way simply through sitting down to […]
I read with horror Katie Hopkins from ( The Apprentice) admission that she won’t let her children play with friends that she deems beneath them… & I quote ‘that’s what caring mothers do’ As The Apprentice star admits she targets playmates who are a good influence. Well – good luck with that overly controlling strategy […]
As a new report shows that TV adverts encourage children to guzzle fizzy drinks rather than water, this week’s question for you to ponder is: Just for this week how can I cut down on my child’s sugar intake ?
I receive many questions for my The Sue Atkins Parenting Show Podcast about babies & sleep: Is letting your baby cry itself to sleep at night cruel and unnatural or no big deal? What is best for your baby: crying itself to sleep, controlled crying or being soothed on demand? I find almost nothing […]
I have been invited to speak on the Andrew Pierce podcast for The Daily Mail about this really distressing report. 5 Year Olds Are Having Panic Attacks about Meeting Friends for Playdates after Repeated Covid Lockdowns. Children as young as five are having panic attacks about meeting their friends for playdates following repeated lockdowns, it […]
I was recently interviewed on BBC WM a local radio station in Birmingham discussing why shouting at naughty children makes their behaviour WORSE. It was based on this article As a former Deputy Head there are loads of other ways to discipline your kids but let’s face it we all lose our tempers from […]
I was asked to speak on BBC Radio Three Counties about a leading girls’ grammar school that has banned FitBits and other gadgets over concerns that their students are skipping lunch if they fail to meet step and low calorie targets. Teachers fear that the trendy health monitors are having a bad effect on teenagers […]
I was interviewed on Sky News and BBC Three Counties Radio today as it is Internet Safety Day about a survey of 1,500 parents by Internet Matters showing that six-year-olds are now as digitally-advanced as 10-year-olds were three years ago. As many as 48% use the internet for general browsing compared with 46 per cent of […]
I was asked for my comments for The Daily Mail today as a shocking new show set in a tattoo parlour in the Greek party hotspot of Kavos, reveals how a mother and father took their 14-year-old son to get his first tattoo, so he could be like the rest of his inked family. Get Your […]
I’ve been interviewed by The Daily Mail and appeared on LBC radio discussing the final of ‘Child Genius’ the Channel 4 programme that pits very bright & gifted children in competition with each other. As a former Deputy Head and Class Teacher for 25 years I felt uncomfortable watching some of the parents ambition for […]
Oh for goodness sake – a little bit of Spanx is one thing but at 15 a corset ? Give me strength – what’s the matter with the mother ? I read with consternation an article in the Daily Mail about Karen Green the mother who bought her daughter a waist-trainer so she could be just […]
I was asked to comment on BBC Three Counties Radio today about the Mum who stood up to some children who thought it was ‘fun’ to throw boxes off the shelves as the IKEA worker struggled to put them back again. The Ikea worker’s pleas for them to stop were met with swearing and […]
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. A new study from Harvard University in the USA reveals that children benefit more from their father reading them bedtime stories.e Dads, the research revealed, spark more “imaginative discussions” and are more instrumental to their children’s language development because of the way they read to their kids. […]
I’ve been interviewed for my opinion by The Daily Mirror & The Daily Mail and am talking on BBC Three Counties Jonathan Vernon Smith’s programme at 10 o’clock tomorrow discussing Rachel Stevens leaving her 18 month old and 4 year old unattended in her car while she went shopping for 10 minutes. What are […]
I was asked to comment on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester about this new survey about the dangers of trampolines. Families are being hit with £100,000 bills for trampoline and bouncy castle injuries! Parents are increasingly calling in lawyers when their children have been hurt playing at parties or at friends’ houses. Trampolines […]
