The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
The breakdown of a relationship can be one of the most stressful life events someone can go through. Even if you know it's the best thing for everyone involved it's still incredibly hard. There are so many different emotions involved with divorce and ...
Things feel like they're slowly starting to shift back to some kind of normal around here, with clubs and activities starting back up again. The children were able to go back to swimming lessons this weekend, for the first time this year. They've stil ...
I think I'm just going to stop saying anything hopeful about the rest of this school year. I'll just take things as they come, without thought or comment on how much time the children will actually be in school, with their friends and their teachers. ...
April turned out to be a bit of a busier month than I thought it would be. I hoped it would be a month of getting back into the rhythms and routines of both children being back in school after the Easter break. But as it turned out we managed a week o ...
You know when you say something, and even as you're saying it you know you should stop because you're bound to jinx things, but you still say it anyway? I knew when I wrote recently about how hopeful I was that the children would have a full term in sc ...
Studying can be a challenge at the best of times, and even more so during the coronavirus pandemic. Many of the channels students of all ages rely on have been taken away, such as study groups, quiet library space to work and one-to-one time with a teache ...
Do you ever have those moments when you look at your child and it seems like they've changed overnight? There've been times when I swear my children have grown inches in their sleep, and other times when their facial features seem to have shifted from ...