Parenting Skills

How the royal family adjusted to pandemic life

When it came to adapting due to the pandemic, families around the country – and the world – have had to think about how they were going to handle working from home and schooling children from their living rooms. The royal family may be no ordinary family but, in extraordinary times, they’ve had to adjust just like the rest of us. Photo from TWITTER/ THE ROYAL FAMILY While the…
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Parenting Skills

Spring Cleaning: 7 Genius products that will save time and money

You might think the best way to save money is to chuck away your credit card but sometimes it pays to spend some money investing in certain items that can help tweak your lifestyle and ultimately set you up for long-term financial success. Below are some genius products that will save you both time and money in the long run. Oust All Purpose Descaler Once hard water is heated, it produces a…
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Parenting Skills

Spring cleaning: 6 tips on how to keep your home limescale free

As a nation that’s renowned for loving a hot brew, the winter months are key for the use of hot water. Household appliances and plumbing are under more pressure with limescale lurking and becoming a nuisance.Once hard water is heated it creates a chalky off-white crust that creates limescale that is hard to clean off and makes appliances look tired and worn. Limescale can be found in…
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Expert's Tips on how to overcome shyness in times when the pandemic is making us more socially anxious and shy

As we plunged into yet another lockdown, our collective mood has taken a steep nosedive, along with our desire and ability to interact with other people!Masks, social distancing, isolation, fear, uncertainty and stress. We are more disconnected than ever before. It’s no wonder social anxiety and shyness is on the rise. I’ve asked expert Nadia Finer to provide top tips on how to…
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Parenting Skills

How to raise independent children

Parents raise independent children by presenting the children with the necessary life skills to live independently. The road to independence starts when the child is younger, and parents present them with new responsibilities. By finding the best combination of strategies, parents can raise children that create wonderful lives and can take care of themselves. Photo by JESSICA TICOZZELLI from…
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Parenting Skills

It’s good to listen

Whilst 2020 has been a time of upheaval and reflection for many, what did we really learn from our children during these unchartered times? Children know more about themselves and our world than we often give them credit for. It was therefore wonderful to observe the comfort and ease felt as they returned to nursery after the first lockdown earlier this year. The sheer strength of the…
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Parenting Skills

Simple tips to avoid festive burnout this Christmas

I am Louise Murrayand I am a Holistic Health Coach with a qualification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and a Mindfulness Teacher. I take a truly holistic approach to health and wellness by nourishing people ON and OFF the plate by coaching them with nutrition advice combined with lifestyle and behaviour change, healthy habit formation, mindset tools, mindfulness and self-care…
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Green Living: Brits to spend £2.5 billion replacing household goods that could be saved this Christmas

I love a new initiative run by Oust, the descaling solution, called ‘We Can Save It’ to help Brits save money this winter following the pandemic. This follows new research revealing that Brits are expected to spend £2.5 billion scrapping and replacing household goods over the festive period*, as retail sales drive Brits into consumption. 29% of Brits said products being replaced could be…
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Parenting Skills

Dads Matter!

We have known for decades that the bodies and brains of mothers are transformed by the dramatic hormonal changes of pregnancy and childbirth. Now, new research is showing that men are also biologically transformed by the experience of becoming a father. They have a strong hormonal response including increased oxytocin, oestrogen, prolactin and glucocorticoids which creates a natural protectiveness…
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3 Simple ways to set goals and keep them

As a mum, we often put pressure on ourselves to be the all seeing, all omnipotent parent that is acutely aware of everything their child is doing. We want to be one of those wonder mums that you see in festive Hallmark movies and we crave to have the perfect relationship with our offspring. However, being a parent is much tougher than any glossy TV movie would have you believe. Your love for your…
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