It’s the age old problem. You really want to help your child with their homework (without giving them all the answers, of course) but you realise your own skills aren’t necessarily up to scratch. “It’s all changed so much since my day,” you mutter as you try to get your […]
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Family Relationship Magazine's pick of news and blog commentary: California to offer foster kids aid until they're 21“Aiming to improve the dismal outcomes for thousands of 18-year-olds who leave the foster care system each year alone and impoverished, California will soon provide support through age 21.” Emotional Fitness: Being nicer […]
Family Relationship Magazine’s pick of news and blog commentary: My Priorities – Should our children fit in? Praising destructive behaviour Male brain vs female brain But darling, can’t you be friends with someone wearing Boden? My little artist Zubber Bands – A Toyologist Review Too long since you left meIncredibly […]
Sally at Who’s the Mummy? has written an all-too-familiar post titled 20 Signs That You Need a Blogging Intervention. We were giggling at those tragic people who take their blogging and Tweeting so seriously that they forget to actually have real lives to blog about. Blogging is addictive, and blogging […]
A social network for parents of children aged between six and nine years old, Ready for Ten is a new web site run by and for these mums and dads. If you have struggled to find resources for your six-, seven-, eight- or nine-year-old child, then you’re not alone. That’s […]
Inspired by Darren’s Bloggers to Watch List, I thought I’d ask Family Relationships Magazine readers which family bloggers they’ll be watching this year. They could be mummy or daddy bloggers, or those blogging about education, childcare, marriage, pregnancy, health, family finances, or anything else of interest to families. Leave a […]
A new web site has launched — SuchASmartMom.com — which lets parents pool resources by asking questions of other parents. Shrinking school budgets, crowded classrooms and fiercer-than-ever competition to get into college make it more important than ever for parents to be involved in their children’s education. “As a mom, […]
Wow, we’ve actually made it on to a “top 100” list! Thanks to Totsy’s Place for publishing the the first ever Tots100 Index of British Parenting Blogs and Bloggers and for ranking us at number 72. The ranking is actually based on some pretty nifty online measurements, namely Technorati Authority: […]
Letting friends and family from around the globe keep up with the latest news, pictures and videos of new baby just got easier with the launch of BabyLolly.com. Secure and easy-to-use, the service allows an online “baby book” to be created, that can include photographs, videos, baby journal, baby “firsts” […]
The Internet isn’t the be-all-and-end-all of information and advice, but it isn’t a bad place to turn. The Digital Nanny comes from a source that you can most definitely trust to have the best interests of parents and children at heart: the NSPCC. Though parents can often feel isolated, stressed […]
Tots to Travel, the company providing genuinely child-friendly properties in France and Italy, has launched its award-winning formula in the UK. The new website that combines all three countries and a new online travel shop is now live. Initially concentrated in Anglesey, Cheshire, Yorkshire and Shropshire, Tots to the UK […]
Welcome to a new feature celebrating the wealth of interesting articles, features, hints and tips in the world of parenting, family and relationships blogs. We want to highlight the best stuff that’s out there. If you’ve written a brilliant article, or you know someone who has, why not send it […]