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Spookily in disguise as a proper parenting blogger

November 2, 2016 By Ellen

 Did you have a good Halloween? I spent mine in an MLitt class with a lot of poetry in it followed by some chasing around the county collecting and dropping off children.    The poetry has the potential to be very scary – or not. Just when I think I’ve got the measure of it and […]

Filed Under: blogging, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, Halloween, MLitt, mummy bloggers, parenting, perfect parenting, working parent

When should children drink alcohol?

September 19, 2016 By Ellen

Now before you get all hot under the collar and suggest I’m advocating child abuse, would you like a drink? A refreshing G&T or perhaps a glass of something cold and white? You deserve one, it’s been a tough day. There’s something I’ve been struggling with. Here in Scotland, booze is a problem. It costs […]

Filed Under: alcohol, drink, family Tagged With: alcohol, boys, children, family, on my mind, parenting

A letter to Nicola Sturgeon

September 5, 2016 By Ellen

Dear Nicola I was sorry to hear your news about the miscarriage. Now you’ve joined the sad and sorry ranks of women who lost a baby. Welcome. There are quite a lot of us, aren’t there? Some of us went on to have children, others didn’t – they couldn’t or decided the risk was too […]

Filed Under: feminism, other things I have learned Tagged With: baby, childcare, childless, children, family, feminism, in the world, miscarriage, Nicola Sturgeon, SNP, women

Things I’ve learned from my first festival camping trip

August 20, 2016 By Ellen

I’ve never seen Star Wars either – not properly all the way through. But years after most people have gone through the rite of passage of a pilgrimage to Glastonbury or wallowed in the mud of T in the Park, I made it to my first festival – Kendal Calling 2016. Here’s what I learned: […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review Tagged With: busy weekend, camping, children, Cumbria, family, festival, in my life, Kendal Calling, Lowther, My Life, Review, summer, weekend

Looking in the mental handbag

August 3, 2016 By Ellen

Gah. Why is it that all those brilliant ideas you had for blog posts vanish as soon as you manage to get half an hour’s peace? It’s weird. I had so many things to say that would set the Internet on fire with their amazing insight. Now I don’t. In the absence of anything wiser, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, family, in my life, Nathan, on my mind, ramblings, School, summer

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