From the Blog…
A – Acceptance
You have already ‘accepted’ them into your life, by having them. When you accepted that tiny bundle of joy into your life, you were also accepting all that he or she would bring with it, you just couldn’t know than what that would be! I don’t mean accept anything they...
Putting magic into spelling with NLP
As I looked out through the kitchen window one afternoon I saw Eden, my youngest son, returning from school walking down the garden path towards the front door, looking like he was under a cloud, not in a good mood … I could tell! This was the way he often returned from school. I heard the front door open, his school bag get thrown (or kicked!) down the hallway and he walked into the kitchen, threw himself onto a chair and started what had become the usual rant about school and himself.
The best present you can give your teens is Be it!
Suddenly, a loud bang, the car started to feel weird, the steering wheel, shuddering, I was not in control and being in the outside lane hit the barrier. I struggled to straighten up and steer the car across the other three lanes to the hard shoulder. It brought me to a much higher level of alertness and I had to dig deep to find some resolve to get that car and us to safety. It was a scary experience, I had had a blowout.
The trouble with Teenagers!
I was thinking the other day, I hear a lot of people bemoan the behaviour of their teenagers and I have certainlly had many challenges with mine, what I realize is it isn't just the teenage years, it goes on beyond! My twenty two year old is extrememely good at not...
P.A. Renting
Had a day today dedicated to doing lots of things for my boys and had the thought that Parenting really was like having their own P.A (Personal Assistant!) I'm sure that's what they think I am a lot of the time! Maybe that's what Pa-renting really stands for 🙂 They...
The proof of the pudding
Today, I returned home in the early hours of the morning, after a long and brilliant five day training course in London. My boys, eighteen and twenty one knew I was coming home today, I'd told them it would be some time in the morning or at least some point during the...
Welcome to the new blog!
Well, I've had a few very 'interesting' weeks with many challenges and, finally, have managed to get round to sitting down with my laptop and I'm talking to you now from my kitchen table! This is the first blog and I'm very new to this, so it's going to be a learning...
Parenting 2.0 Conference San Diego
I'm getting on a plane in a few hours to go to San Diego for the first ever Parenting 2.0 Conference where I am delighted to be speaking, check it out :o) x
Why our young people aren’t working
I have just watched ITV's Tonight programme (Thursday 19th April) Why isn't Britain working? and was struck by the sentiments expressed by business owners and employers about our young people. Apparently over 52% of school leavers haven't got 'human skills' i.e. can't...
Home is where the heart is
Last night I watched the TV programme Home is Where the Heart Is, where celebrities open thier homes to a homeless person. It made me think. These homeless people have found themselves living a life that is hard for me to imagine. How did they get there, so...
