I miss sleep! I have been a parent now for a little over 16 years and I would estimate that I have spent approximately 95% of that time wandering around in an exhausted haze. In fact, I appear to have become some sort of semi-functioning zombie. As mothers, we are all warned about the early… Continue reading Sleep? What’s that?
Category: parenting
Things I Wish I Could Say to 17-Year-Old Me
Wouldn’t it be great if we could go back in time and offer ourselves some insight into what was to come? I have been thinking and reflecting a lot recently, so I decided to write myself a letter filled with the things I wish I had known when I was 17. The 17-year-old version… Continue reading Things I Wish I Could Say to 17-Year-Old Me
Our children and their mental health
Did you know that the first week of February is Children’s Mental Health Week? No? Neither did I. Awareness for children’s mental health is still patchy
Whatever happened to ‘be kind’?
It’s not that long ago that the world was filled with the message to ‘be kind’. Today I had a run-in which left me in tears
10 Things You Might Not Know About Me
But, as with all of us, there is more to me than just being ‘mum’. I thought I would share with you 10 things that you might not know about me.
When Did Feeding Our Children Become a Luxury?
It feels like it was only yesterday that I was writing about the reality of life as a low income family…campaign to feed the UK’s hungry school children.
Life Skills – Why I Refuse To Do Everything For My Teenagers
Basic life skills such as cooking, budgeting and working a washing machine are listed by young adults as things they wish they knew…
My thoughts on 2020, children, covid, Christmas and the future
Today I saw a letter that the prime minister had written to a little boy who was concerned that the current pandemic would mean that Father Christmas wouldn’t be able to visit. In the letter, he reassures the child that he consulted with the scientists and Santa will indeed be able to leave gifts for… Continue reading My thoughts on 2020, children, covid, Christmas and the future
Becoming a teen mum
I was 16 years and 3 months old when I found out I was pregnant for the first time. At the time, my home life was pretty unstable. My parents had separated 6 months before, the next sibling down from me (there were 6 of us at the time) was in foster care and I… Continue reading Becoming a teen mum
The Truth About Low Income Families
the British public in general have formed an image of what they think a low income household looks like. An image which I think is not only wrong, but also