Simple Skincare Tips for Teens
Now that I am the parent, I feel it is my duty to pass on the skincare tips for teens that I have learnt to my own children.
Growing Up
Growing up is an important part of lives, there may be hurdles and hardship but there will be love and success too.
Surprise Your Teenager with These Cool Gifts!
Girls seem to approach puberty sooner than they once did. If there is a preteen in your life, you’ll see one girl on one day and a different one the next. It seems it’s their job to be unpredictable and dynamic. So, it can be difficult to please all the girls all the time. As … Read more
My journey to self-awareness
Some people are quite happy to poddle through life taking each day as it comes and not really think about the why, when and where of matters in their life. Personally, I have always taken great interest in finding out more, more about myself, more about what makes me tick and how the things that … Read more
Calling Year 11s | NCS Summer Challenge #ad
The National Citizen Service (NCS) Summer Challenge is open to Year 11 students for a once in a lifetime opportunity. For two to four weeks during the Summer holidays teens will take part in team-building outdoor exercises and learn life skills in this community based project. Meet Will Teenagers tend to have a pretty bad … Read more
Teaching Our Kids: Banish The Gender Stereotypes
Whether you have sons, daughters or both, you want to make sure that your kids grow up tolerant, sensible and responsible. You don’t want your little darlings to grow up thinking that they can’t achieve something simply because of their gender. While the world is still male-dominated with a wide gender pay gap and there … Read more
Let’s Talk Pants with Pantosaurus – Keeping Children safe with NSPCC
As a parent it’s natural that we should want to protect our children from all the dangers in life but sometimes these dangers can be hard to discuss with children without taking away their innocence. One just topic is sexual predators of which there seems to be an increase (either that or it’s just more … Read more
Potty Training has begun for Jelly Bean!
I was hoping to have had Jelly Bean potty trained about 6 months ago but his #problemswithpoop have delayed things somewhat. With the hot weather we were having over the last couple of weeks I decided to test the waters a little by letting him run around outside without his pants on and leaving the potty in the … Read more
Beanie Boy’s First Year at school is complete
I don’t think I will ever get used to how quickly the school years fly by. One minute I’m packing Beanie Boy off to his first day at Primary School, the next I’m sitting in the school hall waiting for his Graduation to begin. One by one, Beanie Boy and his classmates filtered into the … Read more
The end of an era – goodbye Sunflower Seed Preschool
Back in 2010 when I needed to find a preschool for Little Bean I assumed I would just be able to walk in to the preschool nearest our home and book her in. How foolish I was to assume that. When I visited and was told “we are fully booked” I didn’t know where to … Read more