Teens

Of all my roles in life: comms and marketing, children’s taxi driver, cook, housekeeper, logistics manager, emotional punching bag… managing my children’s screen time is the one jo... Read More

Son recently announced that he had declined his place at university, where he would have studied International Wine Business. I was relieved and disappointed in equal measures and also not surprised.... Read More

As you read this my oldest child is celebrating her 13th birthday. Suddenly we have a teenager in the house.  For those of you old enough to remember the Harry Enfield sketch of Kevin becoming a... Read More

Colleague: “So where are you going on holiday?” Me: “Saudi Arabia”. The colleague laughs heartily, then re-arranges his face as he realises I’m serious and that this is ... Read More

It’s no secret that I am fascinated by language. While at college, a wonderful Professor of Italian had spotted the quiet girl at the back of the class, with her head buried in a poetry book, a... Read More

…are none you may say? I may have triggered a knee-jerk response into how childhoods were ‘so much better in our day’ and social media has led to low attention span, superficiality... Read More