Children: It’s downhill from here If I could be bothered with video it would show my shiny face shouting into the camera and lots of zoomy, angled shots to try to create excitement where there is none. But I can’t, so tough. I thought I might share my current parenting challenges and some possible solutions. […]
What would make this country the best in the world to bring up children?
Glasgow’s Riverside museum – fabulous and free We all want the very best upbringing for our children. Of course we do. It goes without saying that along with the stretchmarks and eye bags we get a built in urge to try our hardest to make this happen. Often this journey is one of impossible riddles […]
Proof that children don’t read the parenting books
Boys Two and Three didn’t read the chapter on loving natureand how educational historical role play is. The theory of being an excellent parent is fairly straightforward. All you need to do, is follow the sage advice in one of those books, you know the ones, and all will be well. It’s a bit like suggesting […]
Bogie-gate: How can I extract a confession?
Donuts that did, indeed, turn out like Ms Craddock’s The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play.So we sat in the house All that cold, cold wet day.But instead of Dr Seuss’s deranged feline something else presented itself to fill a soggy Saturday. A crime had been committed at the Palace of Bundance and […]
Bratlag – or how it’s almost good to be home
I had time to amble about taking pictures I’ve been home for more than 24 hours and I’m just about over mine. How about you? I’m talking about bratlag – similar to jetlag only less exotic. It’s what happens when you leave your children for any period of time. I was in London at Cybher which is a […]