I read with great interest this article in todays The Daily Telegraph as my mother in law has recently been diagnosed as having dementia and it has been very sad for my husband ringing up to hear slightly odd or disturbing stories about what has happened during each day. This article is a fascinatingly honest […]
Well, I’ve just been invited to chat with the legendary broadcaster Tony Blackburn on BBC Berkshire about the latest government suggestion that parents should send their children to school if they are ill with colds because too many pupils are missing lessons when they are mildly unwell. Now as a former Deputy Head and class teacher […]
Can you really have it all? I’ve studied with the best from Tony Robbins, Paul McKenna to Jack Canfield and having it all is totally achievable according to all the self development gurus and totally possible …… but is it? It also seems to be the Holy Grail of modern living these days to want it all and to want […]
I’m pleased to see that children are for the first time to be given the legal right to have a proper relationship with both their parents after a divorce. Ministers intend to rewrite the law in an attempt to ensure that fathers get improved access to their children after a marriage breaks down. Currently, family courts […]
I remember LOVING making mud pies as a child myself so read about how making a mud pie, baking a cake and finger painting have topped a list of activities that parents believe toddlers should have accomplished by the time they are three. The list of 36 “landmark events”, which includes picking fruit, dancing with no […]
I have recently been interviewed about babies being “hothoused” by their pushy parents for a feature for Practical Parenting and Pregnancy magazine on a study that says mums are taking their babies to too many classes eroding the bond between mother and child. It’s an interesting article ! I think it’s all about finding […]
I watched in horror on Sky News about children as young as eight having been filmed “cage fighting” in footage that medical experts have called “disturbing”. The violent sport, also known as “Mixed Martial Arts”, combines martial arts, wrestling and boxing but with few rules. Contestants are allowed to punch, kick and elbow each other […]
Children with parents who divorce or separate before they are five are more likely to become binge drinkers when they reach 16 than children with parents who remain together, a major new study has found. Read the article in The Daily Telegraph. Have you heard of my “Separation – Putting Your Children First” […]
“What our young people need is adults to stop abdicating authority. They need police to police, teachers to teach, parents to parent, politicians and clergy to give moral leadership, and, above all, they need more people like Pauline Pearce, the jazz-singing Jamaican grandmother who fearlessly took on rioters and saved a white man from the […]
I was talking on BBC Radio Warwicks and joined an hour long phone in on BBC Radio Wales this week about the latest report from the CentreForum think-tank which has suggested five daily tasks for parents to help their children develop. I have to say that I LOVE it – it is positive, upbeat […]
Having just spent the last few hours watching my great friend Nicky’s cine camera’s childhood put onto a DVD for her parents 56th Wedding Anniversary I read this article in today’s Daily Telegraph with a wry smile as this encapsulates her childhood of growing up in Hove with her 6 other brothers and sisters. They played […]
Parents are too often complicit in the sexualisation and commercialisation of children, according to Reg Bailey the author of a landmark Government review into childhood. What do you think? How do you manage that fine line? What are your boundaries? Here’s the article in today’s The Daily Telegraph “Too many parents either willingly encourage […]
I’ve just been interviewed on LBC London Radio about Chinese schoolchildren sitting mandatory manners classes in an attempt to smooth some of the rougher edges off modern Chinese society and whether we should introduce the idea over here in the UK. Personally I think social skills help children build and maintain positive relationships with […]
A Coalition-backed report published today warns how many parents, particularly those on low incomes, are “ill-informed or poorly motivated” when it comes to raising their children. It recommends that a national parenting campaign – primarily aimed at pregnant women – should be launched to give all children “healthy, stable and strong social and emotional foundations” […]
Parenting is in the UK news again today highlighting the Importance of Parenting. Naturally I believe parents have a crucial role in raising happy, confident, well behaved kids able to fulfill their true potential. Children raised with positive, confident parents who have high expectations and aspirations, inspire their children to try in Life, expect the […]
