From the Blog…
This is the way forward with ‘education’ our old ways are no longer serving us (if they ever did really!) watch this fantastic young man, Yay, Go Logan … Run … :o)
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/01/07/this-is-what-happens-when-a-kid-leaves-traditional-education/
Change our Minds and Change our Language
I was listening to a Radio 4 programme this morning about a great educational charity called Iris who teach children Latin! They do more than that they teach about the ancient worlds and culture and it sounded brilliant. They teach in schools all over England and get...
Practising what I preach!
What a great opportunity my youngest son gave me last night! An opportunity to practice what I preach! Let me explain….. Eden, my youngest who is home from uni for the long Summer holiday break had two friends coming for something to eat and stay over. He had chosen lasagne, garlic bread and salad. They were out all day, enjoying themselves and I was at home dutifully and lovingly preparing an extra special large homemade lasagne. As it got closer to tea time, I text Eden to find out what time they wanted to eat. “Much later” was his response “I’ll let you know” When it got to about half past seven and I hadn’t heard from him, I text again saying “Give me about half an hour before you want to eat so I can put the lasagne in to cook :)” “Oh sorry, we’ve already eaten now, were starving so got pizza :)” came the response ….!
You are doing your best :o)
My ebook How to Handle Not Strangle Your Teenager gives you Ten Need to knows along with lots of other stuff I think essential to experience Happy Parenting :o) Each topic is as important as the next and they are certainly not in order of importance! So, I have...
Adventures in Motherhood
'Adventures in Motherhood', could as easily be 'Adventures in outer space', it often feels like that! Floating around in the unknown, not sure what to do, what to expect! Custodian of another person's life that lands with no manual! Yikes. My 'Motherhood' has most...
Back Pack Free Friday
Back Pack Free Friday - a day where we can be aware of and do something about the burden our children are carrying, not only in the form of heavy pack backs that can cause health problems see article here. Also bringing attention to the lack of appreciation for the...
A Dozen Do’s to help you cope with parenting (OK a baker’s dozen :o)
Relax, calm down, be grounded and connect with yourself. Remember you are a human ‘being’ not a human ‘doing’ :o) Remember to breathe. Deep relaxing breaths. Breathe in deeply and allow relaxation to flow through the body as you breathe out. Be in expanded awareness...
D – Dreams
Encourage them to have some. Not the kind that we have when we’re asleep, the ones we have in waking hours, Big dreams, hopes, aspirations, goals whatever you want to call them. When we get clear about what we want, get focused, think about it, make plans for it,...
C – Confidence
Confidence building is crucial Encouraging self- confidence and self -belief will help them achieve what they want to. Not an arrogance or big headed attitude at all, just a way of letting them know you believe in them and that they have all the resources inside that...
B – Believe in them
There can be a lot of negativity around our children. We are living in a world where there is a lot of bad news and they are exposed to it a lot of the time. Newspapers, news programmes, even listening to the majority of people’s conservations, focusing on the...
