Category: Parenting
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To Celebrate World Book Day #giveaway
Where to buy books in St Albans, Herts I think it’s absolutely shocking that 3 in 10 kids in the UK do not own books. I’ve never counted them but I’d hazard a guess that there are between 75-100 books upstairs in my daughters room. She has everything from picture books to non-fiction. I appreciate…
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How to get parents involved in the PTA
Ply them with alcohol and lots of it A few months ago, I found myself at a PTA meeting, prior to this the mere thought of attending such a function would give me goosebumps. For me PTA conjured up visions of a room full of Busybody Super Ninja Mums (you know the type who get…
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Technology is not making our kids stupid!
Myths About Teenagers and Tech that Parents should ignore On the weekend I read an article by Elizabeth Pearle, the Senior Editor of HuffPost Teen called 5 Myths that Parents should ignore about Teens and Technology. She challenges the myths that technology is making our kids thick, anti-social and causing them to have attention spans…
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Why it’s important to show an interest in your child’s schooling
Why is it important? We try to be as involved with our 6 year olds education as much as we can as feel genuinely believe it will help her succeed not only in school but in life. Research shows that it’s not how much money you make or what your own educational experience was like…
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Travelling to Iceland with Kids
Is Iceland Child-Friendly? ‘Mummy can I go with you so we can throw snow at each other?’ Madame Age 6 In December, I had the opportunity to go to Iceland for a few days, I’d been once before about 14 years ago and my husband coincidentally was there for work back in October, now I’m…