Tag: education

  • How Christmas Could Be Damaging Your Child

    There is a certain twinkle in the air. The glitter fairy is starting to sprinkle her fairy dust. Adverts reminding us to stock up on gifts, turkey, crackers, stockings, tinsel…Exciting isn’t it? Mmmm. Maybe not. Maybe not for our children who find this time of year at school really difficult. How does this run up…

  • Why I Wore My Resilient Knickers

    There are times in our lives that we dread but at the same time we also look forward to. Sounds a bit mixed up, right? But if you have a child with ADHD this is exactly what we experience frequently. An old school friend invited me and my hubby to the wedding of her daughter…

  • Why Restraining A Child Is Totally Avoidable

    This week I was horrified and upset in equal measure. A mum I know posted this on Facebook. It was in a closed group and she was genuinely upset and needed advice……………(I have asked her permission to share this but have deleted her name and photo to protect her son) I have since heard the…

  • WHY A POP-UP PENCIL CASE TAUGHT ME A LESSON

      Our children are heading back to school. Every where we look there are reminders; new uniforms, lunch boxes and of course new stationery…. I am reminded of a particular horrendous time with my son, who has ADHD, standing in the aisle of a crowded WH Smiths back in the 1990s. He was desperate to…