How to help teens increase their self-kindness
Becky Goddard-Hill is a children’s psychotherapist and wellbeing author. Her new activity book for kids aged 6-12 is called Create Your Own Kindness and it teaches kids to be kinder to themselves other people and to the planet. Self-Kindness is of course crucial no matter what age you are and here Becky looks at why, for teens, this matters now more than ever. The impact of recent times on emotional health This pandemic has been...
Feeling confident as a parent – yes… now. Probably. Most of the time.
My oldest child is 22 tomorrow. Twenty Two. I mull on that sometimes; looking back not at the obvious of how he’s changed (because, y’know, he’s a LOT taller… but he’s notsodifferent inside to how he was at 7, in all honesty), but more on how I’ve changed. Oh, the things I used to fret and worry over when he was a tiny little dot so incredibly, terrifyingly dependent and unfathomably...
Want to Get a Pearly White Smile? Here’s How
Everyone desires that million-dollar smile with pearly white teeth to create the desired impression on others. All of us are blessed with beautiful and white teeth as kids but develop yellow, discolored, and stained teeth with time and our poor eating habits. Gorgeous smile image By Josep Suria | Shutterstock Many of us develop gaps between teeth and some have broken and crooked teeth either because of injuries or oral diseases....
The Maileg Mice 2020. You didn’t think we’d forget, did you?
It’s the much-anticipated Maileg Mice 2020 pick! I think regular readers all know just how much we love the Maileg mice. Christmas really wouldn’t be the same without a new one coming to join the party (who all live in a large Thornton’s hamper box. Which feels remarkably fitting). And there’s never been a Gift Guide without the newest Maileg Mouse to brighten it’s pages.This year? We’ve picked...
Award Winning Family Travel blogger debuts the magical ‘Extraordinary Travellers’ adventure series
Karen Beddow, Editor of the award winning travel blog Mini Travellers released her debut book this week The Little Museum, the first in the Extraordinary Travellers adventure series. The Little Museum is a page-turning travel adventure story for boys and girls aged 8-11. With a magic map, a clever invention and an exciting race through France, there is also a little bit of French thrown in for good measure. The story...
How to Look Your Best for a Pictorial
Many of us look at a photograph of a model and admire the flawless beauty captured on camera. We wonder how it’s done and how someone can look so perfect. We may even have friends who look better in pictures than they do in person. If you imagine that you are not photogenic, think again. Everyone has that perfect angle, the one we should favour when we have our pictures taken. If you want to look your best for a pictorial, you can...