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Tips for pain-free homework

August 26, 2015 By Ellen

Back to school, back to uniform and routine. Back to sitting at the kitchen table for hour after painful hour getting the homework done. There is likely to be begging, cajoling, patient explanations, stern instructions, negotiation, tears and pleading. That was the scene here for many, many school nights. One evening, exasperated by long division […]

Filed Under: boys, family, in the world, parenthood, parenting, parenting advice, school, things I learned from my children today, Things I've learned from my children. Tagged With: advice, homework

M&S exec a mother at 50 – so what?

August 22, 2015 By Ellen

Front pages this week were gasping to reveal how Marks and Sparks’ exec Laura Wade-Gery was about to go off on maternity leave at – shock – the age of 50! Congratulations to her, marvellous new. However, while it’ll shake her life to the core, I’ve no idea what the announcement is doing on the […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: feminism, in the world, Sexism

What’s your tattoo story?

August 17, 2015 By Ellen

tattoo

Another Saturday, another tattoo parlour. Oh yes. You see how I say that like I hang out in them all the time, though I’d like to. Not least because there are so many stories there. Few people get a tattoo without Good Reason. It’s not like pretty shoes or something a celebrity had on on […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: health, in the world, My Life, Something happened in my life, summer, tattoo

Centre Stage: Who will you nominate for night of laughter?

August 16, 2015 By Ellen

Win an amazing treat ‘thank you’ evening in Glasgow. If you had to pick someone out for a special treat, who would it be? Everyone knows someone special – someone who goes above and beyond for them. It could be a neighbour who came to the rescue, a friend who knew just when to drop by, […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: competition, Glasgow, humour, Hydro, in the world, prize, Scotland, SSE Hydro

The back to school (not very) blues

August 14, 2015 By Ellen

boy in a hand made crown

You can tell by the money in my purse that term has started again. I don’t mean that it’s considerably lighter after the painful pre-school shopping – though it is. (Three pairs of black leather shoes, three pairs of trainers, variously sizes 2, 6 and 10, since you ask. And, yes, I cried at the […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, class, holiday, parenting, School, Something happened in my life, summer, term, The Netherlands, working parent

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