Tag: adult children
6 Great Ways To Decorate The Empty Nest
It’s hard when your child leaves home. If they’ve gone to university there’s a chance they’ll be back regularly – to start with, at...
How To Cope With Your Adult Kids Living At Home (Without...
The traditional way of things was for kids to grow up, finish school and leave home – either to go on to university or...
6 Great Strategies For Parenting Your Adult Children
As our kids get older, our relationship with them inevitably alters. They are now independent, our equals, with their own lives. Adapting to the...
How To Cope When Your Adult Child Returns To The Empty...
“Well,” said my husband, looking around our eerily quiet home. “It’s just us now, then.” I nodded miserably, still tearful. We’d just returned from...
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How To Stop Siblings From Fighting: 5 Tips That Actually Work
How to stop siblings from fighting? As parents, we know that disagreements between siblings happen all the time. When those disagreements turn into constantly...
Do Babies Have Nightmares?
You’ve read the books. You’ve listened to the experts. It’s been working great. Your baby is sleeping soundly through the night on a consistent...
5 Ways To Manage Stress As A Single Parent
Being a parent is a hard job. But when you are a single parent, it can be doubly hard. When you’re juggling a career,...
Curious Kids – What Is Dew?
Is dew the same as rain? What is dew? Thank you – Leo, age 3. Great question, Leo! I am a plant ecologist, and rain and...
Why You Should Encourage Kids’ Obsessions
When your kid gets REALLY into a subject, it can be pretty endearing at first. Whether it’s construction equipment, horses, the periodic table of elements, or...
13 Phrases Any Working Mum Will Recognise (And Use Regularly)
Life can be tough when you're a working mum. If you’re trying to look after your family, make a decent stab at parenting and...