Parenting expert claims teaching toddlers to say ‘sorry’ is off the mark
Sarah Ockwell-Smith, best-selling author of The Gentle Sleep Book writing in The Huffington Post, has made an argument against telling younger children to say ‘sorry’. Ockwell-Smith acknowledges that by school-age most children have developed a degree of empathy, but as we all know, toddlers’ lack of empathy is legendary. My own toddler thinks nothing of […]
8 years ago
10 practical solutions to really niche parenting problems
When you have kids, weird issues arise on virtually an hourly basis. I’m talking about the kinds of difficulties we parents are liable to encounter that are quite possibly not covered in the BabyCentre email. You know, those weird scenarios that usually arise when you are alone and are so bizarre that whenever they crop […]
8 years ago
10 Signs Your Child Is Turning Into A Spoiled Brat
When I looked around our sitting room yesterday, post the unwrapping frenzy, I must admit I worried briefly about whether or not or two children are getting spoiled. Which, I am sure, was something I was not alone in, as parents across the nation (and beyond) desperately try to figure out where all the new […]
11 years ago
Irish mums opt for a different parenting style than their own mothers
Every now and again when I am mid conversation with one of my children, I stop and laugh, knowing that what I just said was pretty much word-by-word identical to something my own mum would have told/warned/explained to me. Which I am willing to guess is the case for a lot of us. After all; […]
11 years ago