Wisdom can be found in the most unplanned moments and unexpected places. This is what happened to me on a day when I was feeling frenzied and frazzled before 9am! As an antidote to the stress I was feeling on [...]
While I strongly believe in being emotionally present and showing up for your children, in our busy, multi-tasking lives today we have to find creative ways of doing this on the run, without committing self-sacrifice in the process. While all [...]
All families have to do chores. They a consistent part of every family's life and they have to be done day in and day out to keep things running smoothly. Specific chores often get done at the same time every [...]
Shaped like an iPad or tablet, Magnatab from Kid O is nothing of the sort. This fascinating toy consists of a bead board (filled with little metal balls) and a magnetic stylus. The stylus is your pen and the board [...]
Eating out in restaurants and coffee shops with children has become an everyday phenomenon. But not all parents are prepared for the challenges that come with keeping children contained and well-behaved in such public spaces. Because children between the ages [...]
Shopping with children is one of those unavoidable things. Whether you shop daily, once a week, on weekdays or on weekends, you have to shop to keep life, limb and family together. You can't always leave your children at home [...]
There are increasing numbers of hospitality establishments that just don't want children around anymore because 'they don't know how to behave' and 'their parents have no control over them'. This has been a hot topic in my Parenting on the [...]
If your children are going back to school then Morning Madness is about to begin again. Which family doesn't suffer from this 'disease'? Getting a family up, ready and out of the house on time is a logistical challenge on [...]
It's back-t0-school time and if you want to keep panic at bay and be a super-organised parent, I have packaged some of my tried and tested parenting strategies in an ebook called Back-to-School Sanity Savers. It's written for, and dedicated [...]
In today’s rushed and hurried world, characterised by the use of more screens than ever before, parents should remember this parenting advice on the importance of making eye contact with their children. Face-to-face contact is diminishing daily as we: • [...]