Parenting
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Child-Proof Vinyl Flooring the Whole Family Will Love*
Possibly the most concentrated on room when it comes to picking flooring is your child’s bedroom. Every good parent knows that accidents happen from various sources and if you’re one of them, then you know that parents are also I need of a solution. Isn’t it about time your child’s playtime didn’t get the best of your flooring? Take a stand with vinyl flooring. Durable for playtime With vinyl flooring you don’t have to second guess what’s going to happen to your flooring if you don’t put down protection before playtime. The miracle of scratch guard technology is that you don’t know it’s there, but you’ll feel unbelievably relieved when…
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Using Technology to Help with Home Learning*
There are undeniably various pros and cons to technology, especially when it comes to our children and their screen time. Fortunately, technology can be used in a variety of positive ways, particularly when it comes to helping your child with their home learning during lockdown. Schools are uploading online resources that pupils can download, allowing them to continue their work at home. Even without direct input from your child’s school, there are an abundance of downloadable learning tools on the web. I have teamed up with an independent co-educational school in Hampshire to offer parents the following advice. All students learn in different ways and, since technology provides a more…
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How to Strike a Balance between Business and Being a Mom*
As if motherhood itself weren’t demanding enough, being an entrepreneur while fulfilling the responsibilities of being a mom has got to be one of the hardest jobs on the planet. Raising children is not just something you can take on fifty-fifty. It requires your full attention and most of your energy. However, the demands of life leave a lot of moms with no choice but to weave their careers into an already-hectic mommy schedule. How are these moms managing the pressure? What practical tips can you adopt to ensure balance between business and motherhood? Delegate Tasks Here’s one good advice: you don’t always have to do it on your own.…
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Young Girls In Sport*
We regularly hear experts commending the role that sport plays for young people, particularly as the UK has hit a devastating record for childhood obesity. However, according to the charity Women in Sport, 1.5 million fewer women and girls enjoy the physical, social and health benefits of sport and physical exercise than men. I have teamed up with the Director of Sport at a co-educational preparatory school for children aged 2-13 years, to provide some insight into how the school is addressing this national issue and why sport is so important for girls from an early age. Win at winning, be gracious in defeat Participating in sport encourages girls to be competitive…
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Your Menstrual Cycle and Fertility: The Link*
If you’re trying to get pregnant, then every piece of data, information and insight could be valuable. You are fertile for a surprisingly short time each month, and you need to know when that time is, what causes it and when it’ll happen next for you if you want to boost your chances of conceiving. It’s all about the menstrual cycle – to say you are fertile for a short time once a month isn’t quite true: you are fertile for a span of days in each menstrual cycle. On average the cycle lasts 28 days, but anything for 21 days to 35 is considered normal for adults. Teenagers can…
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Home Schooling as a Non-Home Schooling Parent*
It’s a strange time we’re living in. Never has any event in the world shut down schools like what is happening right now. I don’t want to go into it all on my blog as lets face it, it’s consuming our every waking moment. But instead I’ve been wanting to put together a post about something a lot of us have never even considered doing but now we’re going to have to attempt with our children off for the “foreseeable future.” Yes, I’m talking about home schooling, or more accurately, distance learning. I have to admit there have been times i’ve considered home schooling my daughter, but with only one…
