Before we teach kids anything like numbers or the alphabet, we should teach them to breathe correctly. Breathing is essential to our development - it changes the way we feel and interact with each other. The best part is, once…
With the start of the school term upon us, many of us will have some New Year resolutions in mind with regards to improving health and general well-being. Along with good food and exercise, a good night’s sleep is now…
School nursing expert Trudy Cowan at the University of Derby, discusses the impact bullying has on young people and what to do if your child is being bullied. It’s simple… with good mental health, children and young people do better…
Happy parent, happy child Yes, our life becomes primarily focused on our child, their happiness and wellbeing - we naturally put ourselves beneath them on the priorities list, but it is also important to make time for ourselves to do…
Toddlers can be horrible creatures, and hard-pressed mum Bunmi Laditan made a name for herself in 2012 with The Honest Toddler: A Child’s Guide to Parenting, based on her youngest child. In her follow-up book Toddlers Are A**holes, the Canadian…
Parents willing to risk fines to save £679 on the cost of their family holiday More than half (53%) of UK parents would be prepared for their child to miss a week of school in order to take a cheaper…
Lucy Shrimpton, aka ‘The Sleep Nanny’ is one of the world’s leading child sleep consultants. Here she shares her advice on how to get your little ones sleeping easy when starting school. Some children start school when they are just…
As childhood obesity levels soar in the UK, an online voucher code website has been researching some of the possible reasons for this. They surveyed parents asking for honest answers into the eating habits of their children. Asking how much…
How to Use Praise to encourage the behaviours you’d like in your children Parenting advice can be confusing – after all it keeps changing! For example it wasn’t that long ago that parents were encouraged to “break their children’s will”…
More than 20 per cent of parents have admitted they would rather go on holiday without their children, but they’re outnumbered by those who prefer a family break. With the summer holidays here, a survey by an online voucher code…