I have to warn my fellow parents that there’s a video doing the rounds entitled 6 Reasons You Need A Puppy: Share this video with your parents and you’ll have a dog in no time. This web of lies and deceit lays out 6 compelling reasons for getting a puppy (they
Read moreAs I strode through the field, the sun setting fetchingly on the horizon, a gentle breeze in my hair and a crazy golden puppy gambolling around my welly-shod feet, occasionally taking a bite out of my heel, I thought, this is the life. I turned around to share the moment
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“The tights and socks I left on the drying rack aren’t mine. I got tired of seeing them under the couch.” It would be an understatement to say I was horrified by this statement. I’m not naive. I’m guessing my teenage daughter expects that I’m not celibate… given the lack of
Read moreBack again. Now that we have figured out how to get them to co-operate with us, let’s work on getting them to get along with each other. Trick Two: Bickering Siblings – Making it End without Committing a Felony Oh, those dulcet sounds of sibling communication – otherwise known as
Read moreI am by no means an expert – just a fellow parent in the trenches and, since kids fight dirty, I thought I would share some hard earned strategies. Some, you may already know, some, may be new, but I have found that these ideas work in the real world
Read more“One in five girls aged14-15 skip lunch and more than a third of girls aged 10-11 say they would like to lose weight, rising to nearly two thirds of those between 14and 15.. 17%do not eat breakfast, 19%have no lunch” from an article in the Times, following a survey by
Read more“Ooooh he’s just like a teddy bear! Sooo fluffy! I bet you just want to cuddle him all the time!” yelps my friend Natalie as she meets my fluffy, teddy bear-like golden retriever pup for the first time. Well no, actually, because I value the use of my arms and
Read moreMy way of life in Spain, is very different from the UK. The same problems are here. Alcohol, drugs, sex, claw hand, caused by the constant holding of a mobile phone… But, the lifestyle is very different and teenagers have a ball. Although kids are with you constantly and living
Read moreSometimes I feel sorry for my teenagers; yes I really do. I live in a tiny Spanish village in the hills of Southern Spain. I am the only British person in the village. My husband is Spanish and so are my kids. My children have grown up with their
Read moreDo you dare to look at your teenager’s Facebook page? Today our children unwittingly create a full, often photographic, record of their youthful indiscretions, thanks to Facebook, MSN and other social networking sites; a world away from our own childhoods, where mistakes could be left behind as we grew
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