What is gentle parenting and how do you do it?
If you’ve been anywhere near social media, you’ve heard of gentle parenting From videos slamming the parenting style to others showing it in action, you can’t escape it. So why is it trending? Overall, gentle parenting has very few drawbacks and rarely has a negative impact on children’s mental health, but how can you add […]
2 years ago
Children with involved fathers are happier and feel less anxious
Get involved, dads. My dad is one of my absolute best friends in the world. He is also, depending on the situation, my financial advisor, car mechanic, babysitter, painter, plumber, travel agent and all round fix-it kind of guy. Growing up, my dad worked in the oil industry, and on a rota with a month […]
5 years ago
Grandmothers are more connected to their grandchildren than to their own children
Life’s dessert. That is how my dad describes being a grandfather. My mum and dad are parents to two (myself and my sister) and grandparents to five – four girls and one boy – and when I say they are obsessed with their grandchildren, I think it is almost an understatement in itself. Ever since […]
5 years ago
Apparently there are 5 different types of grannies, and which one do your kids have?
Tiger Mum, Free-Range Parent, Attachment Parenting – there are tons of labels to describe different types of mothers. And some of us might think of ourselves as fitting into a few different categories. But what about grandparents? Are there different types of those too? Tiger Grannies, is that a thing? Well, according to Australian parenting […]
6 years ago
Finding It Hard To Juggle Kids And Life? Maybe It’s Time To Call In A Family Strategist
You can have it all, they said. Nothing is out of reach, they said. Well now I am the master of my own busy little universe which is getting busier and harder to manage every year; There are the children to feed, the dogs to walk, quality time with your husband (in no particular order!), […]
10 years ago