Words seem to have deserted me lately. I often struggle to find the right ones to express how I am feeling, what I have done and what I want to do. I can, at times, hear the word in my head but am unable to get it past the mouth. Is this how young children [...]

It’s got nothing to do with children or childcare but it’s all very frustrating to have random, un-named people register on my website, create a group and then fill it with adverts and links.     It’s not like they are doing the site any harm (as yet) but why should I have to put [...]

Having children who are approaching, or in the middle of their ‘teenage’ years can be a daunting experience leaving you unsure whether or not you will all emerge unscathed. With a large dose of preparation, patience and understanding you should.   How each child reacts to their changing bodies, hormones, emotions and the pressures from [...]

        The kids are getting bored with the journey by the time you have travelled for 15 minutes of the 2 hours it is going to take, providing there are no traffic queues.   The first book comes whistling past your ear as you are trying to negotiate a right hand turn, [...]

So many parents become their children’s unpaid cleaners, personal assistants, taxi drivers, cooks, chambermaids and skivvies.   Sound familiar to you?   Fear not, you can take steps to change this.   If children are involved in deciding what jobs need doing around the house, and how, when and by who they are done, it [...]

  Have you ever had one of those days when you never seem to quite catch yourself up? I have had one today and am still trying to make sense of what has happened during it’s course.   You see, I am one of those people who has more than one job and a volunteering [...]

  We are speeding towards the time of year when our children’s behaviour can became more erratic and unacceptable. Through a combination of excitement, anticipation, tiredness and over-stimulation their behaviour can change dramatically. We are also more tired with all the preparations and extra work we have to do to make this a special and [...]

The day has dawned when our youngest leaves for Australia, maybe for good, or maybe for a few weeks if he decides he doesn’t like the place. I should be getting used to this by now. I have probably said before that we seem to have ‘Boomerang’ children who keep bouncing back to home between [...]