Parenting Skills

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by how much you have to do? Why we have to do less

Too much to do as parent? How to work smarter, not harder so you can enjoy your kids more. As a working mum, I wish that my brain hadn’t often felt like a computer with too many tabs open. Or that it had not got to the point where an essential visit to my GP seemed self-indulgent. I wish that when my children were growing up, I hadn’t often bitterly observed how ‘having it all’…
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Parenting Skills

Tiger Parenting? Extra curricular activities: How do you know when they are getting too much?

Mozart in the womb, Baby Einstein DVD’s for newborns and i-pad learning apps for toddlers. From the moment the umbilical cord is cut, today’s parents feel trapped in a never-ending race to ensure their child is the brightest and the best. Now a provocative new book, Taming the Tiger Parent gives parents the confidence to step away from the frenzy and shows them how to protect their…
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