I was writing a piece for a parenting magazine, about secrets of raising happy children. The thing is that raising children is hard full stop. Add in all the requirements of being happy, polite, well-mannered, socially included, bright, engaging, sporty, healthy, creative and so on...it can be hard to be sure what works for making … Continue reading My 10 tips for raising happy kids
Month: July 2017
Naked ice cream eating
Feral children. I have feral children. They have spent most of the last month running naked and barefoot around the garden, eating breakfast as brunch (nothing wrong with that), lunch as 'linner'...and sometimes coco-pops for dinner. When they are not having fish fingers obvs... They don't really have the standard 'dirt lines' (AKA tan lines … Continue reading Naked ice cream eating
The end of a chapter
I am loving seeing the leaps that both Fidget and Wriggler are making right now, each on the cusp of each starting new chapters. Wriggler finishes preschool today, it is the end of one experience and in September he starts a whole new game with school. Part of me is so excited as he is … Continue reading The end of a chapter
