Category featuring articles about parenting, including parenting problems, strategies, techniques and experiences.
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How To Co-Parent Effectively
Read moreCo-parenting can be a real struggle. It may take years of work for parents to establish a successful co-parenting relationship. Fortunately, if you have not gotten to this point, there is still room for improvement. Rather than focusing on your flaws, you can highlight the positives and strive towards resolving any conflict that you may…
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Ways to Support Your Children’s Mental Health using Therapeutic Play, including Techniques & Activity Ideas
Read moreThe act of play can be a great therapeutic tool for children, and not just for those with complex needs. Play therapy can help any child to act out and work through their pain, confusion, worries, fears and anything they’ve found traumatic.
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Signs My Child Needs Support With Their Mental Health
Read moreIt’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2021 and the theme this year is EXPRESS YOURSELF, to encourage young people to find ways to share their feelings. Life is harder than usual at the moment, and it’s easy to forget how children can also be affected mentally by current circumstances
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My Fourth Thought of the Day for BBC Suffolk, Breakfast with Georgy Jamieson: Being a Single Parent
Read moreThis is the fourth and final thought of the day I recorded for BBC Suffolk Radio recently. The topic was lone parenting, a topic I know well! I talked about my experience of parenting my son alone for the eight years of his life so far. I included advice for new single parents, so I…
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How to Manage Relationships at Christmas
Read moreWhether it’s a partner, family member or even potential date, relationships can be difficult to manage at the best of times. Adding Christmas to the mix can make it trickier.
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12 Easy and Fun Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Design Bundles
Read moreOh yes the elves are back, and I’m sure you’ve already seen many of them on your social media feeds! This is the fifth year I’ve taken on the month-long task of elf on the shelf & we now have a new addition to our family!
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My Third Thought of the Day for BBC Suffolk, Evenings with Jon Wright: Blended Families
Read moreThis is my third thought of the day for BBC Suffolk Radio, and the topic is ‘Blended Families’. I talk about the complexities of two single parents getting into a relationship and how we have attempted to blend our families.
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Ways To Support Your Child Returning to School After Lockdown
Read moreChildren across this country, and the world, have had their lives changed dramatically for the last six months and it’s about to change again. In just a couple of weeks children will be back to school after being home educated for more than four months.
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Ideas for Celebrating a Child’s Birthday During Lockdown
Read morePlanning birthday celebrations for children is already tough, but during this Coronavirus lockdown it’s even harder. Here’s how we celebrated my son’s birthday during lockdown, and some tips of other ideas you could use too!
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How Our First Week of Homeschooling Went- Including Some Helpful Tips
Read moreWe’ve been off school in isolation a week longer than most children. I wanted to document how our first week went in case it’s useful for those just starting out
