How do you feel at the end of a busy working week? When you have spent all week working and not enough time doing some of the things that you really love, like gardening, seeing friends and socialising, perhaps some sport or fitness class, or just relaxing by listening to music, come Friday evening you might well feel drained and frazzled. The week has flashed by in a blur of stress and deadlines…
Do we mums and dads know what kind of songs our children like? Do we share our kids’ favourite music? Do we like to take them to concerts? A couple of days ago I went to the Rays of Sunshine charity concert attended by lots families with children aged 5 to 13 and I did not feel out of place because I happen to like my 7 year old son’s music. To be perfectly honest, I know the type of…
Here we are explaining the importance of teaching First Aid skills to young people.
Research has shown that young people have not fully developed the part of their brain associated with risk evaluation until their 20s. This means that there is a huge group of risk takers who need to be equipped with the knowledge to help themselves and each other if involved in a medical emergency.
A survey…
Cooking with your children can have many benefits for their development. It is a practical skill that has been passed down for eons. Without knowing how to cook or prepare foods, humankind wouldn’t be able to survive. Aside from teaching the children a useful and practical skill, what other benefits can be derived from the activity?
1. Bonding – A shared experience with your child…
We often give for granted lots of the things we do now as women. In order to understand where we are progressing to we need to understand where we came from. On International Women’s Day I attended a very interesting event at City Hall presented by the Deputy Mayor of London, Victoria Borwick, to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War I with authorative speakers hosting a panel…
Glorious British summertime is upon us! Clocks go forward at 2am on Sunday morning 30th March 2014. It seems something easy to adjust to lighter nights and it is easy enough for adults but it isn't quite the same for children. Here are ten tips to help the whole family sleep soundly when the clocks change.
To help us make the transition and sleep soundly, we have asked Dave Gibson BSC…
As it seems a lot of parents are afraid for their kids getting nits & lice at school or nursery as they think this is associated with being dirty and unclean. Well, let’s demystify this misconception and get some facts right.
FACTS: PURE AND SIMPLE
Nits and lice are at epidemic proportions in the UK. Over half of all 11-14 year olds get them each year. Younger and older siblings…
Who am I? Three small words, but once uttered become a very big statement.
We often feel like we don’t know who we are any more and the fear inside can be completely overwhelming. You can start to believe that no one is listening to you or understands you, when in reality you stopped listening to yourself a long time ago and now you feel lost and afraid that life will always be this way. By…
In a recent Forbes article, leadership expert and author Dr. Tim Elmore discussed the way parents stop their children from becoming leaders. However, there are ways to help them learn to be leaders too.
Here are seven ways you can nurture your children’s leadership potential:
1. Let them get hurt – Being injured is a part of life. Falling down, failing at a task, or losing a friendship is…
Today is Safer Internet Day and is an opportunity for parents to reflect on the changes that are affecting the way we live with technologies and the growing dangers attached to that. The Internet touches our lives every day: we email to stay connected, share photos and videos, pay bills, and shop online, but sometimes these very experiences put us at risk. From toddlers playing with tablets to…