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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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Food & Drink | Parenting
Enjoying eating out with kids
ByEmma November 10, 2021
Like many people we’re partial to a good meal out. We don’t really go out for dinner other than the occasional pub meal with family, especially the big family Christmas eve meal. But N and I do quite often eat…
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Only children as they get older
ByEmma August 16, 2021
So far, having an only child has been great. The anticipated downsides that I might have expected haven’t really appeared. Having an only child has only been a benefit for us. But has this changed as N’s grown? After having…
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