Teaching your kids about sex – oh dear there’s a new smartphone app for that !

I’m on BBC Radio Warwicks today talking about the new explicit sex app for 13 year olds ! Whatever happened to talking & teaching your kids about sex in a loving safe environment passing on your values and setting sex within a loving, caring, respectful relationship ? respectyourself.info website is a new website that gives tips on […]

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

Get real, girls – pain is part of childbirth !

The new guidelines, announced last week,  instruct GPs to encourage women to have natural labours with as little medical  help as possible. The reason? Caesareans cost the NHS £1,200 a  time, while epidurals are around £200. Unsurprisingly, people have expressed  outrage, with critics condemning it as barbaric and even a form of legalised  torture.  Jenni […]

Soooo how do you keep YOUR kids normal, healthy and away from reality shows ?

  Michelle Obama has revealed that the President does not approve of his daughters watching “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” In a candid new interview, the First Lady spoke about her husband’s opinion of the reality TV show: ‘When they watch that stuff… he doesn’t like that as much.’ Mrs Obama also spoke about the […]

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 Of Bad Parents”  trying to be part of […]

Does Granny knows best ?

Many grandparents think their grandchildren are being raised incorrectly. In the study I read recently, published by the Mature Times, two-thirds of grandparents said they felt modern children are ill-disciplined, disrespectful and bad mannered, with a quarter blaming the parents for treating their children too leniently Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2032858/Granny-knows-best-dont-argue-bed-tea.html#ixzz1Wq8hHAnl What do YOU think?

Lingerie targeted at girls as young as four-years-old……..

I am on BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex tomorrow morning at 9am discussing this very distressing topic of the unnaturally early sexualisation of children as young as four years old. Sophie Morin of the embroiled Jours  Après Lunes label responded to furore over promotional  photos showing girls in make-up and with voluminous up-dos wearing panties,  bras, […]

Talented, but Amy’s was not a life to admire.

In today’s Daily Mail there are some truly harrowing photographs of Amy Winehouse’s descent into addiction. I believe that it’s a good idea to talk and teach your kids about things that happen in the news and this is no exception. On Sunday as the news broke on Twitter and my son called me to […]

Happy mothers raise happy children…

As you probably know I have a regular Parenting Feature on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex every month with the lovely Sarah Gorrell at 3pm. This month we will be discussing this article from The Daily Mail  all about Happy Mothers Raising Happy Children. Join us or listen in to BBC i-player  here => http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007fgj9 […]