A worry that stays unnamed tends to get bigger. Children feel the churn in their stomach or the tightness in their chest, but they don’t...
Ask most parents which hobbies benefit children, and the usual suspects appear: football, piano, swimming. All worthwhile. Yet some of the pursuits that shape a...
Ask most parents what they want for their children and honesty comes up quickly. We want them to tell the truth, own up when they...
We’ve all been there. You sit down to do one thing, and suddenly it’s an hour later, and you’ve done nothing related, and now you...
The moment it gets dark before six, the whole mood around dinner changes — nobody wants a salad, everyone wants something that’s been in the...
Winter always seems to arrive on the bill before it arrives outside — the heating goes on for one cold evening, and suddenly you’re bracing...
There’s just something about autumn that screams hot drinks, cosy nights in front of the fire, and layer upon layers. For many people, the change...
Picture the scene: a failed test, a friendship that has soured overnight, a missed place on the team. For many girls, moments like these feel...
Watch any group of children work on a shared project and you’ll spot the pattern quickly. One takes charge, one drifts off, one quietly does...
The morning my daughter announced, flatly, that she hated school, my first instinct was to worry that something had gone seriously wrong. It hadn’t, at...
Ask most parents how their child learns and they will point to reading, writing and the times tables scrawled on the fridge. Fair enough. But...
Ask most parents what pastoral care means and you will hear words like “wellbeing” and “support”. Ask a child, and the answer is simpler. It...