How do you teach your children about consent? Many of us find it difficult talking about consent with our children or even fully really understanding it. For instance, were you brought up being told you need/have to give a relative a hug or kiss even if you did not...
Advice
It’s only natural…
a post in February 2019 piqued my interest. It was the above image of the microbial handprint of Tasha Sturm's own 8-year-old child after he had been playing outside... ...outdoor and messy play is important not just for children's development, but health as well.
Facebook Like Farming Scams
Dorset Police Cyber Crime Unit have posted a nice piece about Facebook ‘Like Farming’, those pages which look a bit too good to be true, free holidays, free smart phones, free flights, etc. Just for liking, commenting and/or sharing the post. That’s not to say some companies don’t offer...
County Lines: A risk to children
Sounds innocent, but it’s not. “County Lines” is the name given to criminals using children to courier drugs for them often getting them to travel to other counties. Sometimes children as young as 12 and there is an estimated 46,000 children currently involved in gang activity across the UK....
Le Pause
Le Pause is a French parenting technique which I heard about a while back from a blog post by Jacqueline Leigh Boeheim, and probably, like many parents, realised I already do it – at least to some extent. So what is it? As Boehiem comments it’s something parents around...
Internet Safety: Help yourself stay safe online (and offline!)
If you are using the internet you are potentially connected to every other computer and user also using the internet. That means you have access to some incredibly excellent resources of information, entertainment, shopping, social interaction, but it also means that you and the machines or gadgets you are...