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Taming the Tiger Parent by Tanith Carey

November 24, 2014 By Ellen

The other Friday evening I drove 34 miles between the end of school and, eventually, gin o’clock. It was all on the account of my kids and their various activities. While unusual for me – I know lots of parents who cheerfully chauffeur their darlings round the county: football, dancing, Kumon, drama, swimming, athletics, chess, rugby, […]

Filed Under: parenting, pushy, Taming the Tiger Parent, Tanith Carey, Tiger

The perils of the sleepover…

January 16, 2014 By Ellen

We’ve had sleepovers as a birthday celebration for Boy Two for a few years now.Last year, with the kids sleeping in two rooms I eventually had to turn off the wifi at about midnight to stop them Facetiming each other. I think they fell asleep and they certainly didn’t wake me.So Boy Two headed off […]

Filed Under: birthday, boys, Grand Theft Auto, GTA4, parenting, sleepover

288/365 What happens when your family is a well-oiled machine?

October 15, 2013 By Ellen

No really? What happens, because I have no flipping idea. I picked up Boy Three and Boy Two from nursery today with high hopes of a freshly cooked supper and a contented evening. Boy Two was in the holiday afterschool club – not ACTUAL nursery – under huge sufferance and in a big strop. But boy Three was […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, brothers, chips, parenting, slow cooker, teen, temper

Setting a good example…

August 14, 2013 By Ellen

Is it a case of do what I do, not what I say in your house? Sometimes it is here, however good our intentions.  You know the kind of thing, making the kids sit at the table for supper then eating a takeaway off our knees when they’re not looking. Telling them to get some […]

Filed Under: kids in the car campaign, parenting, setting an example, the FA

218/365 They’re coming home…

August 6, 2013 By Ellen

No, not today’s photo. I haven’t sidled off to the seaside again. It was one from our Tiree adventure in June. Today I spent some time venturing into the wilderness that is my older sons’ bedrooms. I braved the discarded pants, Lego pieces and undergrowth of tangled cables to tidy up a bit. You see. They’re coming […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, family. Boys, parenting

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