Parenting
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Back to School: How to Prepare Your Child*
At the half way point through the summer holidays, it will seem forever since you sent your little one to school on the last day of term with their teacher bags to say thank you for the year just past. If your child is starting school for the very first time, it’s natural for them to feel anxious. Some additional things you could do to help them feel more familiar with the school they’re going to could be have a look at the schools website or social media. For example, Orchard House School has an extensive website where your child could see what the place looks like, what the uniform…
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Top 5 Extracurricular Activities for Children*
We all know that kids need to attend school to learn and grow! Or at least they need to have an education here in the UK! However, I’m a firm believer that children also need to do activities outside the classroom to become a well-rounded person. As a kid, my parents never really encouraged extracurricular activities. We were allowed to vegetate at home. Or hang around in bus shelters with our friends and really just do as we pleased as long as we stayed safe. My mum just wanted us to be happy. However as an adult I have very few hobbies and feel like I missed out by not…
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5 Fashionable Pieces Mum’s Need in Their Wardrobe This Autumn*
I remember before I became a mother telling my friend that I’d always continue to wear fashionable pieces such as skirts and dresses, even after I had my daughter. Skirts, dresses with funky tights, cute little cardigans and still accessorising to the max. That lasted about 2 years. Now I’m firmly in the mummy club of oversized tops and leggings along with practical footwear. I rarely wear make-up and I certainly don’t accessorise. I’m all about practicality now. I know it’s not the case for every single mother, there are the yummy mummies but I just haven’t the time to be like that! I’m lucky if I wash my hair…
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The Expense of Going to School*
In England, children start school the September after they turn four. For me, it’s too young. It’s too young to be in school 5 days a week for over 6 hours a day. Not only that but it’s so much more structured from the very start in comparison to when I went but I guess in a way, my daughter needed it. When my daughter started school, I was not prepared for the sheer cost of a child in primary school. Yes, I know from experience that being in University is an expensive business, but I did not anticipate how many hidden costs there would be of a child in…
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Teen Fashion Trends for 2023*
Buying clothes for your teenage daughter can be a minefield. Lets face it, it’s been a while since you were in a y2k shop. You risk buying something they won’t wear because it isn’t ‘cool’ enough or they might want something that you consider a little too adult, resulting in the inevitable sulking because it’s ‘so unfair’. By taking an interest in what’s new in the world of teen fashion however, you can keep up to date with the looks that are in right now and assure her that her look is bang on trend by looking at y2k fashion online. But in case you don’t have time, some great…
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How to Help Your Kids Enjoy School*
For the first few years that my daughter was at Primary School, she loved it! She was in the group of “kids enjoy school” rather than detest it. She’s very creative and there was a lot of crafting, learning through song, and of course, playing with her friends. However, during her first SAT year, things changed and she didn’t like going to school as much any more. Things had become more structured and a lot less “fun” there was more sat at a table writing in work books, less colours and only one Art session a week. I got the parents who moaned about their kid not wanting to go…
