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Music | Parenting

Introducing kids to music through childhood

ByEmma June 1, 2023

Ways to introduce kids to music through childhood with benefits of parent and child bonding across musical interests

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Days out | Parenting

Summer holiday activities for tweens and teens

ByEmma May 15, 2023

Ideas for summer holiday activities suitable for tweens and teens, from free to paid, with tips on how to get better deals

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Suggested mobile phone rules for tweens

ByEmma March 29, 2023

We have to let children have mobile phones at some stage, for many it’s for secondary school age. Here’s our mobile phone rules for tweens

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Teaching children a hard work ethic

ByEmma March 22, 2023

Can you teach children a hard work ethic or is it a nature vs nuture argument that they’re born with it or not.

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Activities for tweens to help independence

ByEmma February 12, 2023

How to let go and increase independence with these ideas for activities for tweens

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Social skills for tweens and teens to learn

ByEmma January 11, 2023

Social skills for tweens and teens to learn to help them as they grow into adulthood

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Parenting | Play & Learn

Educational tv shows for kids (8-12 years)

ByEmma June 4, 2022

Ideas for the best educational TV shows for kids age 8 to 12 years old, from children’s tv shows to suitable family programmes

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Parenting | Style

Tween boys wearing shorts in all weathers

ByEmma May 9, 2022

Boys are strange creatures. This year, the last year of primary school, has seen the change with more boys wearing shorts in all weathers. And it seems to be a prevalent amongst many of the boys in N’s class, both…

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Parenting | School days

You know you’re a primary school mum when

ByEmma February 8, 2022

We’re in the last year of primary school this year. Year 6. The 6 and a bit years have flown by so fast, and generally they’ve been really good. Being a primary school mum is definite stage in our parenting…

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The best things about being a mum (or parent)

ByEmma January 21, 2022

I recently saw a thread on twitter from someone who was pregnant and wanted to know why people only ever warned her about how hard it was being a mum. All the bad things were shared, rather than the positives….

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Encouraging children to donate to charity

ByEmma January 12, 2022

Yet again I’ve been surprised by charity generosity. N is so different to me as a child. He’s so generous and always wants to donate to charity. Sometimes we have to rein him in a bit. Nowadays, with the internet…

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Introducing kids to music through childhood

Summer holiday activities for tweens and teens

Suggested mobile phone rules for tweens

Teaching children a hard work ethic

Activities for tweens to help independence

Social skills for tweens and teens to learn

Educational tv shows for kids (8-12 years)

Tween boys wearing shorts in all weathers

You know you’re a primary school mum when

The best things about being a mum (or parent)

Encouraging children to donate to charity

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