Safe space blogging: The hair removal issue
Sometimes parenting teenagers isn’t about the big stuff. Sometimes as parents we don’t know the answers to the small questions either. This week’s Safe space…
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Betty Box monthly treats for teen girls
Regular readers will know that I finally had the dreaded puberty talk with my daughter earlier this year. Yes, I probably should have done it…
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Help Your Kids With Growing Up by Robert Winston
I haven’t bought a parenting book since my boys were 4 and 2. They’re 16 and 13 now and they bring a whole new load…
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Another growth spurt (or two)
My eldest overtook me in height a month after his 14th birthday. He’d always been average height for his age, possibly even a bit on…
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Talking to my daughter about puberty
I’ve been meaning to talk to my daughter about puberty for nearly 18 months now, but somehow it just didn’t happen. We were always busy…
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Project 365 2017 Week 15
The Easter holidays are finally here and we’ve actually done a lot more than we usually do in the holidays. Here’s our week in pictures……
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Teens, tweens and personal hygiene
Personal hygiene is important for growing kids. I was brought up to shower every day (well, it was a bath when I was little), brush…
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The fleshy hips
When my daughter dances, a little bit of flesh above her hips wobbles. It wasn’t there a few weeks ago. She’s not eating more and…
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Unbreakable?
My younger two kids are both at the start of puberty. It’s a delicate and difficult time for kids. A time of change – not…
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The growth spurt
After nearly a year of telling me he was taller than me when he very clearly wasn’t, my eldest final overtook me in the summer…
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The snack cupboard
Until fairly recently, my kids weren’t allowed snacks between meals. The only thing they were allowed (in fact, they were encouraged to have) was fruit….
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Body odour
We have a delicate situation going on in our house and I want to deal with it sensitively. Yes, my younger son has body odour. He’s…
