The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
I'm having one of those days where I'm waiting on an email, refreshing my inbox every five minutes, getting my hopes up every time a new message comes through only to be disappointed when it's not the one I want! I've spent the last six weeks doing an ...
I learnt a new word today. I might be the only person who didn't know this, but there's a word for those bloody irritating songs that get stuck in your head - earworms! How brilliant is that?! Earworms affect all of us at some point, I mean, who hasn ...
There are a few things that are almost guaranteed to make me well up. When I have to say goodbye to my family after a visit. Every time a new baby screams for the first time on 'one born every minute'. And these five words; ...
I put together a blog post earlier this week made up of three of my favourite quotes about play. I had several comments from people saying how much they like the quotes and how true it is that play is serious business for our children, it's the way they ...
"For children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood" - Fred Rogers It's now well established that play is incredibly important to children and their development. In fact, it's so important that it's been recognised as a h ...