In a bid to help my family, I wrote a list yesterday. I called it The 19 point Sunday evening preparation list. It is simply a guide to all the tasks that have to be completed to ensure the family is ready for the week ahead. Once written and printed off, I taped it up
Are you concerned about the amount of pressure children are put under in the education system? It’s something I have previously written about, although with only one young child at school the pressure isn’t too bad at this stage.
Come on, admit it. That rule about limiting the children to watching 30 minutes of television a day has been completely and utterly flouted hasn’t it? I have to confess my application of that rule has been a little liberal over the past week or so. The reason; school holiday fatigue. No matter how much
Just over a year ago my eldest, Helen, started school. I was nervous about this event. It wasn’t just the fact my daughter would need settling into school, but the fact that I would be doing the pick up and collection each day. In other words, as a stay at home dad I would
Last week I published a post about homework and how I was a little concerned about the amount my reception aged daughter, Helen, had been expected to do over the last academic year. As we’re now in the midst of the school holidays, I’m curious to know what other parents think about kids doing some
