The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
As we headed out the front door to school yesterday morning I realised that autumn is well and truly here. The morning light was gorgeous and lit up the trees by our house in just the right way to show off their slowly changing colours. It's made me ...
When you think of a family holiday, you probably think of a holiday park somewhere. Or an all-inclusive sunshine break with a good kids club. I'm not sure if you would immediately think of a cruise. As it turns out though, cruises can make great fa ...
Parenting, especially in the early years, seems to come in phases. The newborn phase, the multiple teething phases, the sleepless nights phase. Knowing that these things are just phases, and they'll end soon enough, is what has got me through the toug ...
Deciding whether or not nursery is the right path for your child can be quite a challenging decision for many parents. For others, nursery is less of a choice and more of a career demand. Whatever the reason for sending your child to pre-school, you c ...
I have to be honest. I don't think I've ever walked my children to school. We've walked home from school a handful of times. And when Nerys was just doing half days at school I would walk her home fairly regularly when the weather was nice. But fo ...
Most school subjects depend on your child’s ability, whereas creative writing is more about who they are, rather than what they know. Of course, there are skills involved in creative writing but they aren’t learned by revision and memory, which makes ...
Well last week was a bit of a weird one. I got myself all mixed up at the start of the week, convinced that Nerys' yoga club was after school on Tuesday when it was actually Wednesday. Luckily I checked just before I went to pick Rhys up so I was ab ...