My advice is on the front page of The Daily Mail today and I’ve been interviewed on 10 BBC radio stations around the UK and am appearing on the ITV This Morning sofa tomorrow morning talking about little Harper Beckham having a dummy at the age of 4. Instead of focusing on the fantastically happy […]
I am being interviewed today on LBC Radio with John Stapleton discussing a new study that is fascinating but not really surprising – well not to me anyway…. that Mums who set high standards for their girls influence them the most and their girls achieve their true potential. […]
Today I’m live on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester talking about a stranger’s heart-warming note and £5 gift for young mother, 23, on a train for teaching her son good manners. It’s so easy to bring up other people’s children and I work with parents who feel […]
Join me live at 8am tomorrow morning on BBC Three Counties Radio discussing the incident of a supply teacher putting sticky tape over a 9 year old in her class. As regular readers of my blog know I used to be a Deputy Head teacher and class teacher for 22 years. I have also been […]
When is it safe to let your kids travel on their own? As we near the time for starting Secondary School in September I’m discussing the Mum of 5 who let’s her children travel alone on BBC WM radio tonight at 10.30pm on The Graham Torrington Show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7hx Here’s the story. ‘Why I still trust […]
I’ve been interviewed on LBC Radio about the idea that more should be done in schools to protect children from drugs by giving children from 10 years old more school lessons about illegal drugs and dangerous new ‘legal highs’, according to a government adviser. Professor Simon Gibbons, a member of the Advisory Council on the […]
I read with interest Sarah Vine’s parenting article in The Daily Mail today about ADHD. But is she right? “Fascinating stuff in yesterday’s Mail from paediatric neurologist Dr Richard Saul, who argues in a new book that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is wildly over-diagnosed and that thousands of children are being identified as victims and […]
Up to one in ten teenage girls has an eating disorder, medical experts have warned and increasing numbers of boys are also at risk, some of them as young as ten, a major study has found. Experts said that with the young under increasing pressure to ‘be perfect and look perfect’, the problem is now […]
Sometimes the reason for your child finding it difficult to sleep is that their room is too colourful, too stimulating and just too plain overwhelming. One tip is to strip back your child’s brightly coloured bedroom and reduce the stimulating toys in an effort to help them sleep. What do you think ? A good idea? Let me […]
As my regular readers will know I used to be a Deputy Head teacher and I also taught Reception Class children starting school. So I was surprised to read about the rising number of children still in nappies when they start primary school. Staff say they are increasingly forced to disrupt classes to change pupils or […]
I’m discussing swearing on BBC Radio Wales as most children learn how to swear before they even know the alphabet, according to a new book that examines bad language and its origins out today. English speakers also use a swear word on average once in every 140 words, roughly the same proportion as the […]
I had a wonderful day yesterday as I was invited to discuss the fascinating new survey carried out by LV Insurance on 31 BBC Radio Stations around the UK that discovered that 1 million people are waiting until they are in their 40s 50s and 60s before starting a family. They are joining a number of […]
As regular readers of my blog know I am currently going through a divorce after 21 years and I have been quite surprised how harrowing I have found it despite all my positive psychology and NLP Training. Here’s an interesting article in The Daily Mail and a new idea I had walking my dogs today ……. […]
As a former Deputy Head and Class Teacher I’ve taught kids like this story in The Daily Mail that have been over scheduled – doing far too many after school activities – one little girl Isobel who was 8 and in my class many years ago springs to mind. Here’s an interesting article in the […]
I read with great interest today an article in The Daily Mail around some new research that suggests that children who get a good night’s sleep have a boosted memory! The findings could explain why children who do not sleep well do not do as well in school. Children were more effectively able to convert‘implicit’ […]
