I come to the rescue with my top beauty essentials for the party season. Lots of my friends have asked me so I hope you’ll find my list useful.
I spent the best part of Summer outside on the beach. Unfortunately, soaking up sunshine and chlorine damages our skin and shows in your complexion in the autumn and winter months. For mature skin (like mine), the sun leaves behind uneven…
As a journalist I get sent lots of studies every day but only a few make me smile or think about it. There’s one in particular which caught my eyes and made me realise how children these days are often insensitive and egoistic. According to a recent conducted with kids’ TV series The Clangers for Kindness campaign (they are, after all, known for their kindness!), over 95% of parents of…
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to take advantage of a well-earned winter sun family holiday. Whether you are looking to get away for a few weeks over the school holidays or staying in a budget self catering apartment or just want to take it easy on an all inclusive winter beach break, I have compiled my favourite holiday ideas filled with images I have taken during my travels. All my…
Christmas is almost here–which means that Christmas holidays are round the corner too! Below are a few ideas to help keep them busy:
1. Make a snow globe together. You will need a jar, an ornament, water, glycerin and some glitter.
• Glue the ornament/figurine to the inside lid of the jar. Make sure the glue has dried fully before moving onto the next step.
• Fill the jar with…
Being a parent is hard, you have to keep your child happy, healthy, well behaved and get them to adulthood in one piece. To achieve this parents have to wear many hats: teacher, nurse, therapist, sports coach, careers officer, police, children’s entertainer, chef and that’s just to name a few. It’s the role of a lifetime, but when it comes to being all we are expected to be as parents how…
The Mayor has recently published A City for all Londoners, his statement of intent for London over the next four years. This document outlines the key challenges and opportunities for London and how we might start to address or take advantage of those. We want to speak to a range of Londoners to find out what their needs are around these issues so that we can make sure they’re reflected in our…
Wouldn’t it be lovely if the kids could take care of meal times? London Mums would be very happy about it, wouldn’t we all… Well a new report suggests they should be able to do just that by age 11. Commissioned to launch the Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator, the research of 2,000 parents found that 25 years ago the average child could make six dishes by the age of 11 – however the…
It’s wise to start planning early for your child’s move to senior school. Begin by finding out which local schools are available to your child, and consider how far you would consider commuting across London for the right school.
If you are considering selective state or independent schools, it’s essential to have your child academically assessed. This will allow you to find out if they…
Love it or loathe it, if you’re a parent there is no avoiding it. The school run is an essential part of the day and the average parent has now been found to spend nine weeks of their lives on the School Run. With winter well and truly upon us it seems parents are about to be handed a new set of problems to get their kids to school before that all important first bell.
Whilst London Mums have…
In 2016, parenting has never been so different, from exposure to issues to technology, we’ve never seen anything like it and raising kids in an unfamiliar environment can be daunting. One issue that is sure to crop up is the issue of mobile phones and more specifically when is the right time to give your child a mobile phone?
In our modern world it is almost a fact of life that everyone needs…