Forums

Want to talk about something or about being a parent?

ENTER THE FORUMS

You can sign in with Facebook or create a username here.

Results Day and Facebook – Be a bit kind

Hearing back from my friends whose kids got exam results, some have been a bit amazed (read angry) at how other parents have been asking them on Facebook how their kids did? Not everyone wants to share that information, especially if the grades were unexpected. Even the children in the

Read more
  • Five ways to get back to work when your kids are older
  • Five ways to get back to work when your kids are older

Five ways to get back to work when your kids are older

What are your top tips? Here are ours   Do some voluntary work to get yourself back in the game and to refresh your skills for free if you can afford to Don’t assume you have to do something you wouldn’t have considered before you had kids. Get some experience

Read more
“There’s a stranger in my kid’s bedroom and no-one cares”

“There’s a stranger in my kid’s bedroom and no-one cares”

The police have to start listening to people. When Lorin LaFave told the police one of her son Breck Bednar’s virtual friends – that disembodied voice you hear as your child plays Fifa or other online game over the internet with a fellow gamer – was grooming him and changing

Read more
Glug, slurp, “Hughie”. Binge drinking is out of hand

Glug, slurp, “Hughie”. Binge drinking is out of hand

This is Penny Doff (or P.Doff’s) regular place for a rant about being the parent of a teenager and a middle-aged person. Got something you want Penny to rant about? Tell her what makes you furious, below. Someone please tell me they have a teenager who doesn’t drink. I like

Read more
Middle-aged people know how to make things happen

Middle-aged people know how to make things happen

Bosses! You wouldn’t take a classic sports car to the scrap heap or bin a rolex watch just because it was older and more expensive than more decorative, plastic items. Yet when it comes to people, a fair number are finding themselves in the dole queue for simply committing the

Read more