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Parenting and Family.

Being a parent is wonderful, but sometimes it’s also just plain hard!
These parenting tips and ideas can help you find ways to make life with kids a little easier, and the real life stories from parents just like you might make you feel a little less alone.

10 things I am looking forward to about parenting teenagers

Posted on August 11, 2016 8 Comments

Ten things I am looking forward to about parenting teenagers - having older kids is not as bad as some people make out!

“You think it’s rough now? Wait till they are teenagers!” I heard that a lot when my twins were smaller, and I have to confess I believed it. The thought of dealing with two girls going through puberty at the same time??? That thought terrified me so much more than the double public toddler meltdowns […]

Seven Things Your Future Self Will Thank You For

Posted on August 4, 2016 Leave a Comment

Seven things your future self will thank you for.

I am not the worlds most organised person. Sometimes I do great with keeping on top of things, more often I feel like I will never catch up, let alone get ahead, but I am not giving up. At the moment I am working on the whole ‘planning and preparing ahead’ thing. I have experienced […]

25 Easy Self-Care Ideas

Posted on July 28, 2016 10 Comments

Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel - Elanor Brownn

‘Put yourself on the list’ It seemed like such a simple idea – if you add self-care items to your to do list you are more likely to do them – but sometimes even the most simple things can be difficult. After years of not really looking after myself, breaking the habit hasn’t been as […]

I didn’t know I was lost.

Posted on July 22, 2016 9 Comments

sometimes you need to lose yourself to find yourself

I keep hearing the lyrics of that Avicii song in my head…  “So wake me up when it’s all over When I’m wiser and I’m older All this time I was finding myself And I didn’t know I was lost” I didn’t know I was lost until I found myself with a moment of silence that I […]

Put Yourself On The List

Posted on July 14, 2016 6 Comments

Put yourself on the list

A while ago, a friend of mine told me about some advice she’d been given. Someone wise commiserated with her about how hard it is to make time to look after yourself when you already have so many other things to do. That same wise someone also noticed that she was very good at making […]

Why Do We Say it to Our Children?

Posted on July 7, 2016 1 Comment

If we wouldn't say it to our grandmother, why do we say it to our kids?

“Because I said so” “You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit” “Suck it up princess” “If you don’t eat it I’ll serve it up for breakfast” Would we say it to our best friends? Would we say it to our boss? Would we say it to our grandmothers? Would we like […]

23 Truths about Kids and Parenting.

Posted on June 16, 2016 5 Comments

23 truths I know about kids and parenting... what would you add to the list?

I was chatting with friends the other day, and we were swapping stories about all the crazy things our kids had been up to. After laughing and commiserating with each other, one friend wondered if any of us could sum up all the things we know about kids and parenting in one sentence. Once sentence? […]

How to help kids stop biting their nails

Posted on June 9, 2016 4 Comments

How I helped my daughter (and myself) to stop biting her nails

I do it, and so does my daughter. It’s a terrible, unsightly, and often painful habit, and something I wish I had never passed on to her. We are both nail biters. By around age 6 we realised my girl was a full on nail biter, just like I used to be. At around age […]

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