Blue Peter was one of my favourites programs growing up. Admittedly, I grew up in a time when we had limited children’s TV but somehow, the programs I watched had more of an impact. I think that today’s kids have…
Read More »One of life’s greatest learning curves ever is raising children. You’ve got to be on the ball as a parent – ready to nurture, love, guide, chide, discipline and always willing to upskill. There can even be times when you…
Read More »When you think of playgrounds, it invokes images of slides, swings and gaggles of children running back and forth shouting in delight. However, there is an activity that multi-level playgrounds offer that is hugely beneficial to children and even adults…
Read More »A mother’s instinctive reaction is to do everything possible to help here children, and their education is no different. In fact, it’s one of the most important aspects of their life as knowledge is power. Still, it isn’t as if…
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Being a parent and a teacher, I like to think that I have some of the answers when it comes to parenting teenagers. Not all of the answers by a long shot, but some of them. My youngest son seems…
Read More »Image Source. Licensed under Creative Commons. Having a baby can be physically and mentally draining. Whilst the priority may be to look after your baby, this shouldn’t come at the expense of not looking after yourself. Caring for yourself…
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Having a teenager is a, how can I describe it, interesting phase. It is one that can leave even the most confident parent wondering what they ever did to deserve this influx of hormones that has taken away their babies…
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Having sons and being married to a rugby-obsessed Welshman, it was fairly inevitable that at least one of my sons would end up playing rugby. As it turned out all three caught the rugby bug. My eldest son played until…
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Are teenagers more challenging than toddlers? This is a debate a friend and I were having the other day and it was an interesting one too. She has children aged between two and five and of course, mine are all…
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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm Nikki, mum of four, wife, teacher, writer and drinker of many cups of tea. This blog is pretty much anything that pops into my head, an eclectic mix of family life and lots more. Grab a cuppa and have a read.
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