According to new research from the 2019 CHILDWISE Monitor, fewer children are paid regular pocket money by their parents, with parents opting instead to make ad hoc handout payments when their kids n... Read More
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Happy Space is a mental wellbeing charity, dedicated to helping children ask and answer the question “Why don’t I feel okay?”. Happy Space understands that feeling happy isn&r... Read More
There are certain things that you can do to help keep your child safe and well online. Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg has put together the following advice so that you can protect your child from the assoc... Read More
Managing change is something we have always needed to prepare our children for in the past. Living through a pandemic has demonstrated that as human beings, we are incredibly adaptable. A... Read More
I spoke with a friend who is just about to go off on maternity leave with her second child and during our chat she mentioned that she feels so much more relaxed this time around. We spoke about ... Read More
I’ve been involved in several unrelated conversations recently which led me to begin thinking about recruiting young people after full-time education, in 2021 and beyond. More specificall... Read More
In this new chapter of juggling home-schooling on top of full time remote work and managing the household chores, there is a lot of stress on families. Mindfulness, very simply, is the practice of in... Read More
As lockdown restrictions continue we know our children and young people are online more and more and keeping children safe online is a top priority. So much of teenage relationships take place &ldquo... Read More
Sarah Lyons, an Executive Coach at the Executive Coaching Consultancy shares her advice on how best to manage the transition back to working life after taking a break, whether following materni... Read More
We all know anger is DESTRUCTIVE and shouting at our children just doesn’t work, so how do we remain calm and carry on?
You know the drill. You make steely vows to yourself that you will d... Read More
The following is an excerpt from parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith's ‘The Starting School Book: How to choose, prepare for and settle your child at school’ (Piatkus, 2020) .... Read More
So there’s a lot of fear about. LOTS of fear. Of course we need to keep ourselves safe - wear masks in shop, wash our hands, follow guidelines about returning to school etc. But we don’t ... Read More
School is drawing to a close, lockdown is easing, but most of us are still working from home, and the prospect of six weeks trying to entertain teenagers without giving in to a total screen fest, may... Read More
Working from home sounds like a great idea. There’s no commute, no distractions, you can dress down and you’ll never miss the postman. But what if you have to work from home and look afte... Read More