Sport, Euro 2022 and inspiring a generation
Do you remember the slogan for London 2012? Inspire a generation. Part of London hosting the Olympic games was that it should have a legacy,…
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Safe space blogging: Letter to my dear boy
I am offering my blog to parents of older children as a safe space to blog anonymously. It will both help them to offload and…
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The end of year exams
Almost without exception, all secondary schools do end of year exams in the ‘non-exam’ (ie not years 11 and 13) years. So what is the…
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Why do I care if other people spoil their children?
The other day I had a nasty comment on my old Christmas Eve boxes post (the comment has been deleted and the commenter has been…
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The new school: Catty behaviour
Everybody says it. Girls are catty. Girls are nasty. But I’d never seen it myself. I know some girls struggle with other girls being nasty…
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How to make slime
If you’re the parent of a tween, or maybe even a younger child, you might have heard about slime. But how do you make it?…
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The importance of Scout camps
Whenever I write about Scout camps, people say to me that they couldn’t bear it if their kids went away. They don’t know how they…
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Hot pants and crop tops
Sometimes my daughter wears hot pants and crop tops. That’s bad isn’t it? An 11 year old girl flaunting her body. What sort of mother…
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Primary school lasts
At the start of this year, I felt I was ready for primary school to be over. My daughter, my youngest child, was in year…
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A question of pocket money
Every now and then I read about people wondering when they should start giving their tweens pocket money. And in my opinion, if you’re asking…
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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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Review of Heelys from Skates
I hadn’t realised, being a 43 year old woman, that Heelys, the wheeled trainers, are still very popular among kids of primary school age. A…
