The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
Unless you're one of those couples that is completely in sync and agrees about everything, chances are you and your partner have fights from time to time. Research generally supports the idea that disagreements are normal and healthy in relationships. ...
It's that time of year, when love really does seem to be all around. And I'm embracing it, because love really is pretty wonderful. So today I'm giving you 7 amazing facts about love to help you get in the Valentine's day spirit. 1. ...
In their own different ways, both my children can be quite picky eaters. They have their favourite foods that they would quite happily have for every meal. For Rhys it's sandwiches and for Nerys it's a plate of cheesy pasta. If you ask them what they ...
As a general rule we're quite relaxed about screen-time in our house. We don't really set any strict limits for the children, knowing that they tend to naturally move on to another activity after a while. So both children do spend time each day playin ...
After what seemed like endless rain throughout January, the first weekend of February brought a very welcome dose of sunshine. We spent a quiet morning at home on Sunday, then after Rhys had his swimming lesson we popped out for a much needed blast of ...
I recently wrote a post about why our children lie, and what we can do to encourage them to be honest. One of the points I made was that we need to be modelling honest behaviour, if we want our children to be honest too. It did make me think though, h ...
My husband and I have been married for a little over 10 years. And have been together since the end of 2003. I was just 21 when we met, which just feels so young now. And I know I have changed a huge amount since then. I'm really not still the same ...