THE PARENT AS LEADER by Barry Jackson
Dec 01 2011However successful we are in other areas of life, nothing makes us feel more inadequate than the feeling that we don’t measure up as parents. No feeling is more wretched than the feeling that “I’m just a bad parent.” Talking with a lot of Mums, and having been married to the mother of my own children for nearly 35 years, convinces me that such guilt trips are even more of a Mum thing!
Mum… what foot?
Dec 01 2011There is something quite sweet about seeing a youngster with their shoes on the wrong feet – but when the child is insisting that they are on the correct feet and refuses to change them over – it stops being cute!
FAMILY SUPPORT CRUCIAL FOR LIFE-LONG FITNESS
Dec 01 2011As young people grow up, there is increasing evidence that large numbers are dropping out of regular exercise into their teens.
Top tips to keep under 5s entertained
Nov 30 2011Here are Sarah Hobbs (head of family, David Lloyd Leisure) top tips to keep under 5s entertained.
A third of British couples get less than 30 minutes quality time together each day
Nov 30 2011The findings emerged in a poll of 2,000 people, and shows that despite being in a committed relationship, couples are spending just TWO PER CENT of a normal day enjoying each other’s company.
Families called on to help orphans in flood-stricken Thailand
Nov 30 2011Mums and dads in the UK are being urged to help orphans in flood-stricken Thailand by taking part in The Big Give online fundraiser from 10am on Monday 5 December 2011.