Tag: parenting advice
Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
She was Britain’s poster-girl for the London 2012 Olympics and the nation celebrated as she won gold in the heptathlon. Dame Jessica...
Les Enfants Not-So-Terrible – 4 Reasons Why French Children Are So...
How we raise our children to become well-rounded, pleasant and useful members of society is one of our prime concerns as parents. We...
Ask The Parents – What Can I Do About My Picky...
Our children’s diets are a major source of anxiety for many parents. How do we get them to try new foods or...
Ask The Parents – The ‘Terrible Twos’ Are Starting And I’m...
There’s a reason why toddler tantrums are the stuff of legend. Your child might have been an angel since birth, but at some...
Five Lessons We Can Learn From Snowplough Parents
We’ve heard of helicopter parenting and free-range parenting - but here's a new strategy to get your head around. Do you know a parent...
8 Top Quirky Parenting Tips
Life’s weird. The trials and tribulations of raising kids are even weirder. I subscribe to the “whatever works for you” philosophy; after all, parenting...
My Son Is Now My Daughter, And I Will Support Her...
Last week marked the two-year anniversary of my daughter’s transition. This day every year will be a milestone, not only for her...
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...
Moving On Up – 5 Ways You Can Help Your Child...
As the summer holidays roll on, thoughts are already turning to getting the kids ready to go back to school. Buying uniforms, stationery...
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Children Dying In Hot Cars: A Tragedy That Can Be Prevented
The recent deaths of twins in the backseat of their father’s car is yet another reminder of how tragedies can occur when the brain...
7 Wonderful Things I Did Before I Had Kids
Do you ever look back at those hazy days before the kids came along, when you could please yourselves? When life didn’t revolve around...
Everyone Thought I Would Die But Then I Found The Will To Beat Anorexia...
My story just goes to show that there doesn’t need to be anything ‘wrong’ to send your life off-track. I had a truly...
Bringing Up Teenagers: 7 Great Books To Help You Parent Your Teen
Watching kids turn into teenagers is by turns fascinating, frustrating and downright frightening. We’ve already been there ourselves of course, but it doesn’t seem...
Curious Kids – How Do We Smell?
How do we smell? – Audrey, age 6, Brisbane. Audrey, you have asked a question that humans have wondered about for centuries. And it’s only...
Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… Sarah Michelle Gellar
She faced down the forces of darkness as the star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and hunted for clues with the Scooby Doo gang....