Family life
Working mothers
Jenny presents an unbiased and detailed study on 'working mothers' and highlights some important family issues.
Jenny presents an unbiased and detailed study on 'working mothers' and highlights some important family issues.
Right and wrong
Merle provides practical advice on helping our children grow into fully rounded adults.
Merle provides practical advice on helping our children grow into fully rounded adults.
When the last child leaves home
Claire explores the feelings and emotions felt when the youngest child in the family leaves home.
Claire explores the feelings and emotions felt when the youngest child in the family leaves home.
Teaching children the value of money
Claire outlines some important principles which will help parents to teach their children the value of money, including how much pocket money to give, earning extra money by doing chores and when it is appropriate to dock a child's pocket money.
Claire outlines some important principles which will help parents to teach their children the value of money, including how much pocket money to give, earning extra money by doing chores and when it is appropriate to dock a child's pocket money.
The myth of Father Christmas?
Julie shares her thoughts on how to build meaningful Christmas traditions within the family, including what to tell her children about Father Christmas.
Julie shares her thoughts on how to build meaningful Christmas traditions within the family, including what to tell her children about Father Christmas.
Letting go
Jenny explores the issues parents face as their children grow into teenage and adulthood and offers guidance on how to support their journey.
Jenny explores the issues parents face as their children grow into teenage and adulthood and offers guidance on how to support their journey.
Challenging the virtual world
Kathryn writes about her and her husband's experience of needing to limit their son's use of his iPad and the importance of making difficult decisions in our children's best interests.
Kathryn writes about her and her husband's experience of needing to limit their son's use of his iPad and the importance of making difficult decisions in our children's best interests.
On becoming a grandparent
Julie writes about some of the joys and challenges of becoming a grandparent and shares some helpful principles she has learnt.
Julie writes about some of the joys and challenges of becoming a grandparent and shares some helpful principles she has learnt.
Empty nest syndrome
Jenny writes about her realisation, following a recent holiday to Dartmoor, that she is entering the 'empty nest' phase of life.
Jenny writes about her realisation, following a recent holiday to Dartmoor, that she is entering the 'empty nest' phase of life.
Blame
Jenny shares helpful thoughts on the importance of not blaming ourselves when our children make choices we would prefer they didn't make.
Jenny shares helpful thoughts on the importance of not blaming ourselves when our children make choices we would prefer they didn't make.
Growing up
An incident in her garden between a hen starling and her fledgling chick caused Merle to reflect upon the hiccups and challenges of parenting.
An incident in her garden between a hen starling and her fledgling chick caused Merle to reflect upon the hiccups and challenges of parenting.
The changing role of mum
Jenny considers how her role as mum has changed as her children have grown into young adults, and the challenges that has brought.
Jenny considers how her role as mum has changed as her children have grown into young adults, and the challenges that has brought.
Pushover Mum: Lessons from shutdown so far
A mum writes about lessons she has learnt from the challenges of living in shutdown due to covid-19
A mum writes about lessons she has learnt from the challenges of living in shutdown due to covid-19
