After Christmas we can all feel like we have over-indulged somewhat and we begin to make plans for a healthy start to the New Year. However, when the waistband of my jeans starts to feel a little too tight for comfort, I can’t help but think about the young people and how our excesses at [...]
Win a Gift for Grandparents’ Day
Do you think we as grandparents are under appreciated sometimes? I don’t expect heaps of praise or adulation when I look after Jake or help out with the family, but it is nice to feel appreciated. For those who scoff at the idea of Grandparents’ Day as nothing more than a commercial invention, let me [...]
Coping with postnatal depression
I count myself truly blessed never to have suffered from depression. Of course, I’ve had miserable days and at times life has been very hard. But thankfully I’ve weathered the storm. But I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately as poor Sophie has a friend who is suffering from postnatal depression. It’s a debilitating [...]
The rules for parents and grandparents on Facebook
I love Facebook. It offers a brilliant way of keeping up with loved ones in far-flung places or even frankly to see what the woman down the road gets up to behind closed doors. But it does throw up a whole host of etiquette issues parents and grandparents haven’t had to face before… Gone are [...]
Why Grandparent’s Day matters
It wasn’t until I became a granny myself that I realised the important role grandparents play in the lives of a new generation. Without the help of grandparents, many parents wouldn’t be able to afford to work. A recent study conducted by Save the Children and the Daycare Trust illustrated how the high cost of [...]