If no didn’t feature heavily in your vocabulary pre parenthood, this little word has most certainly crept into your everyday language since becoming a parent. Kids constantly want. It’s how their development is propelled although at times it can feel like nature made a mistake. I mean; Cake before breakfast?! Playing hide and seek for…
One of the many things I love about British culture is the politeness. The many phrases available in the English language express gratitude and apology. Contrast that by my native Denmark where we take a more relaxed to manners. For starters, the word ‘please’ doesn’t exist in the Danish language. I am pro manners, as…
“I can’t take it anymore” This mum had had enough of her son’s volatile outbursts and hurtful language. One minute he would stroke her face lovingly, and the next he would slap her and scream because she told him to stop using her as a climbing frame. “He is so demanding and he just does…
With the year drawing to a close, now is a good time to spend a little time in quiet reflection before heading into the new year on auto pilot. Because you are ever changing – your family dynamics shift too. This is good news. Because, no matter what is going on in your family right now,…
Trick or treating is arguably the epitome of a child’s dream; getting to wear a costume, walking the streets at night with mum and dad holding out a bucket that ends up overflowing with sweets and treats by the end of the night.What’s not to like?! While Halloween and the crazy amount of sugar consumed…
Your child starting school is a big day for both him and yourself. Goodbye nursery or childminder – HELLO to a whole new world. As a mum of two – about to go into year 2 and year 5 – I would like to share with you what I wish I’d known before my children…
Would you want to know how your child finds you as a parent and what your partner feels about you as a partner? Few things are easier than pointing out the various ways that our partner fails to meet our expectations and how our child’s attitude feels unreasonable. It can feel far more daunting to…
These words of wisdom are often offered by us when conflict erupts between our children; when our youngest copies our oldest – and our oldest is about to lose it. “Just don’t react” If only it were that easy for a child. Or for us, for that matter. Because the truth is, irrespective of our…
One of the most challenging aspects of parenting is staying sane in the face of our children’s counter-will. There are many words for what happens when our children refuse to cooperate with us; opposition defiance or stubbornness. The list goes on. And in the heat of the moment it can feel almost impossible to not…
Sibling quarrels can be one of the biggest stresses and threats to a happy home life. They will often fight over things that feel trivialt to us; who gets more who won and who gets to choose first. And you might have found that no matter how often yout tell them that these things don’t…
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