There’s a certain air of anticipation in our household right now. Tomorrow we shall be entering new and uncharted territory; my teenaged nephew will be flying in from the USA to stay with us for a few days. This is a whole new world to us. We’re used to entertaining young children. We inhabit a
Last week I published this post about parents over-sharing updates and images of their children on social media. I had been intending to write a follow-up about cyberbullying when an opportunity fell into my lap! Out of the blue, I was contaced by Amy Williams, a US-based online safety advocate. Amy has penned the guest
I have a fear about my children’s future. It’s a perfectly rational fear based on personal experience. Essentially I am worried my kids will want to go backpacking one day. I wasn’t too bothered about this until I saw a video on the BBC website a while ago. It was of an Australian backpacker who
Do you talk to your children about relationships? If so, what do you discuss? I don’t mean friendships, we frequently discuss these things in our household. I mean romance, love, dare I say it sex and all the emotional stuff that goes with it.
