My eldest daughter, Helen, recently started Year Two at primary school. As she’s getting older, her education and the teaching methods used are getting more formal. This is hardly surprising, it’s what you’d expect. There has, however, been one very significant change; homework. The quantity and variety of homework has increased exponentially.
As I was on the school run this morning I was able to tick off a list of “good parenting” attributes. My children were happy. They were in ironed, clean clothes and had just eaten a breakfast featuring the main food groups. Their teeth had been vigorously brushed and I was in the throes of
Toddler Adams is a very enthusiastic thumb sucker. Her older sister, Helen, had the same habit. They follow in my foot steps as I sucked my thumb when I was small. With Toddler Adams nearing her third birthday, we’re making plans to wean her off the thumb. She’s got a few months of respite, but
If you had told me a few weeks ago that oatcakes would become a staple of my family’s diet I would have laughed at you. It was one of those foods that I occasionally came across and ate, but never bought. To be blunt, I thought the kids would find them dry and unappealing. Out
You know when you read a blog post that inspires you? This happened to me the other day. It was this one about baby carriers written by Dave who writes the Dadventurer blog. It got me thinking about how grown up my kids are now. It’s a slightly uncomfortable truth in many respects, but Helen,
