Suggested mobile phone rules for tweens
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
Parenting
Everything parenting and family oriented. Milestones, our family, growing up
Teaching children a hard work ethic
Can you teach children a hard work ethic or is it a nature vs nuture argument that they’re born with it or not.
Activities for tweens to help independence
How to let go and increase independence with these ideas for activities for tweens
Social skills for tweens and teens to learn
Social skills for tweens and teens to learn to help them as they grow into adulthood
Educational tv shows for kids (8-12 years)
Ideas for the best educational TV shows for kids age 8 to 12 years old, from children’s tv shows to suitable family programmes
Tween boys wearing shorts in all weathers
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…
You know you’re a primary school mum when
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…
The best things about being a mum (or parent)
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….
Encouraging children to donate to charity
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…
Enjoying eating out with kids
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…
Only children as they get older
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…