Dear Santa, Thanks for my Liposuction Voucher, Love Jane – Aged 7
Sadly the title of this article is FACT not FICTION, in the last 12 months I have read numerous articles not only in women’s magazines but also tabloids about the increasing demand for cosmetic surgery in young girls. The question is: who is encouraging and who is educating? In 2003, more than 223,000 cosmetic procedures [...]
You have no idea how hard it is to be a child growing up today
Resourceful Little Treasures In my role as a coach and mentor I work with a lot of young people, many of whom come along already labelled with behavioural, learning and/or emotional difficulties. That means I’m quite accustomed to witnessing sulky, aggressive and unhappy children, and it can take a fair amount of time, compassion and [...]
12 Top tips to keep children safe near water along with a frightening true story.
It’s a well-known fact that children, swimming pools and ponds do not mix. It takes just seconds for tragedy to strike and for remorse to set in. With water you often do not get a second chance. And speed of action is imperative. So some tips to keep children safe near water, after a cautionary [...]
Partners: [Does One Size Fit All?]
It’s a truism that one person can’t be expected to meet all your needs and whilst a few still assert that mothers must attempt this in the case of children really we all know that even this can’t be possible. Children need role models from adults of different genders if they’re to grow into balanced [...]
Slummy or yummy, what kind of mummy are you?
There have been a number of articles this week about the trend in certain areas of the UK towards parents heading out to take their children to school still dressed in their nightwear. Dubbed Slummy Mummys, some of these women are adamantly insistent that there is no problem in nipping out in a nightie to drop [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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