Like many children, N watches Youtube. Quite a bit of Youtube really. I’d like him to switch some of his viewing to reading, but if you read the blog regularly, you’ll know how hard it is to get him to read anything outside school. I know he spends a lot of time playing outdoors and…
My mini me – who is your child like?
Some children are so obviously like one or the other of their parents, they really are ‘mini me’s’. When I was growing up people often said I was like my mum, but she and people who’d known my dad, always said I was more like him in mannerisms. Even though my colouring was more like…
How to help children cope with a first sleepover with friends
A first sleepover. It’s a big step for children and can be so exciting. But for some, they find it daunting being away from home. Nowadays children seem to stay away from home a lot earlier and more frequently, than we did when I was a child. I was in Brownies from age 7-10 and…
A first sleepover with friends
N’s slept over at the farm lots of times over the last 4 years, but never had a sleepover with friends. Quite a few of his friends have had them before, but last weekend, a friend was having a birthday sleepover party and N was invited. In the run up he was so excited. And…
The joys of cinema trips with kids
Cinema trips with N haven’t always been a success. It was a long time coming to when he could sit quite happily and watch a film all the way through at home. At home there’s always distractions which means it’s rare a film gets watched all the way through even now. Rio. I think I…
