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Winter Family Activities Outdoors: Tips and Ideas
Read moreDuring colder seasons it gets trickier to encourage kids off screens and into the fresh air, so preparing for winter family activities outdoors is essential.
6 Ways to Teach Teens to Tidy and Declutter
Read moreCleaning up after kids can be a never-ending task, but as they get older we can teach teens to tidy for themselves. Learning ways to teach teens to tidy and declutter helps them to develop independence skills and start taking responsibility for their mess.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2023: Ways to Connect With Your Child
Read moreChildren’s Mental Health Week has been a yearly event since 2015, and returns this week until 12th February. The week was launched by Place2Be, a leading UK provider of school-based mental health support, to raise awareness of the importance of children’s mental health.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022: Tips To Help Kids Grow Emotionally
Read moreFive children in every classroom are thought to have diagnosable mental health conditions. Data from the NHS found one in six children aged five to 16 were identified as having a probable mental health issue in July 2020, a huge increase from one in nine in 2017.
Why I Struggle with World Breastfeeding Week
Read moreIt’s World Breastfeeding Week, and for nine years I’ve found this week difficult. Every time I open any social media app my feeds are swamped with photos of women breastfeeding and captions that essentially say a good mum will breastfeed no matter what.
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
Read moreAccording to Mother and Baby, 1 in 5 new mums struggle with maternal mental health, and I can imagine this has risen during the pandemic. This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, which was created to encourage pregnant and new mums to talk about their mental health more.
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Raising Confident Children (and Book Giveaway)
Read moreLow confidence can be the root cause of so many issues in adulthood, and it can start from childhood. I’m always analysing my son’s behaviours and have noticed he’s not as confident as I feel he deserves to be.
Single Parents Day 2021
Read moreYesterday was Single Parents Day 2021, and the theme this year is Single Parent Strength. It’s definitely been a year that’s tested our resilience, but also increased it.
#ChooseToChallenge: International Women’s Day 2021
Read moreIt’s International Women’s Day today, which at times is controversial. Many times I’ve heard some men sarcastically ask when their day is (November, actually) but this day isn’t to make us seem above them.
How To Save For Your Child’s Future
Read moreSaving for my child’s future has been a priority of mine ever since the day he was born. I remember going to the local bank with my nan and opening his first current account when he was a few months old.