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baby’s first day at nursery – learning to let go

25 November, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

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Letting your child go to nursery for the first time on their own is a massive leap of faith, up until this point the child may have fully been in your, your partners, your family or friends care the whole time.   This is the first step you and your child have achieved to their […]

Filed Under: work life balance Tagged With: balance, education, frustration, not spending time with children, nursery, quality time, reading skils, relationships, teaching, work life balance

How to be wise

18 November, 2013 by farhan 1 Comment

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I found this great video on YouTube on how to be wise.  It goes through the accepted definition of being wise and whether it’s still appropriate in today’s world.  What I found most interesting in this where the speaker Simon Cohen talks about children and how we misintrept thier behaviour (13 mins).  I agree with […]

Filed Under: learning resources Tagged With: children's behaviour, learning, parenting, thinking

When someone criticises your child

11 November, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

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There’s many things in life that you think you can handle before they ever occur and you think it won’t faze you when it does occur.  When someone criticises your child it may either hurt you straight away or it may be something that grates on your nerves for a long time. I’ve tried to […]

Filed Under: children's behaviour Tagged With: aggressive behavior, aggressive behaviour, balance, cherished moments, children's behaviour, criticism, frustration, not spending time with children, quality time, relationships, second child

Comparing your child to others – should you do it?

4 November, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

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A lot’s been written and spoken about comparing your child to others, whether their your own kids or other kids, we all know that it can be damaging to the self confidence of the child to compare them and their achievements to others.  But in the real world, grown ups are compared to each other […]

Filed Under: children's behaviour Tagged With: comparing children, competition, education

keeping the spark in your relationship after kids – a poll

28 October, 2013 by farhan 1 Comment

keeping the spark in the relationship

We all know the drill, we’ve heard the stories a hundred times, the kids rob you of all your energy and time, by the time they go to bed you are exhausted, but now the clean up operation has to begin.  Where do we find the time and energy for our other halves?  Sadly as […]

Filed Under: time management Tagged With: balance, life after kids, relationships

Balancing time between children of different ages

21 October, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

Balancing time between children of different ages

We’ve all been in this situation where one child is ill and the other wants to play.  Recently my baby was not well, he had a temperature, I think there was some kind of infection going around.  He was very sensitive and just wanted me to hold him and give hime lots of cuddles.  My […]

Filed Under: time management Tagged With: age gap, balance, different ages

preparing a birthday party

30 September, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

preparing a birthday party

It was recently my youngest’s first birthday, I don’t know if you’re like me or whether it varies from culture to culture but I felt I had to throw a big party for this auspicious occasion.  I had previously thrown a big party for my first boy, I’m not sure whether I wanted to do […]

Filed Under: time management Tagged With: birthday party, childrens birthday party, organising a birthday party, organizing a birthday party, party arrangements

How to raise 4 children and find time to work

25 September, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

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I had the chance to interview fellow VFX Artist Adam Sibbick, I asked him how he manages to balance a full time job as well as having four children. We talk about the challenges of contracting and strategies for job hunting when the kids are around and demanding attention. We talk about the pressures of […]

Filed Under: parenting interviews Tagged With: contracting, freelance, how to raise 4 children, job hunting, permanent jobs, work life balance, working parent

Should you let your child play with your iPad, Android or Surface tablet?

23 September, 2013 by farhan 3 Comments

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Should you or shouldn’t you let your child play with your iPad, Android or Surface tablet? I guess this is the same debate that our parents had when we were growing up playing on our games consoles.  I think the debate here goes further though as today’s tablets have much more functionality than the games […]

Filed Under: children's behaviour Tagged With: android, android or surface tablet, apps, computer games, computer games affecting children's behaviour, ipad, learning from games, letting children play with your ipad, surface, tablets

What’s the quickest time it takes you to get your child ready?

16 September, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

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What’s the typical time it takes you to get your child ready from wake up to the leaving the front door? Assume you have to   wake them up, give them a bath, brush thier teeth/have them brush their own teeth, dress them/have them dress themselves, Get their shoes and coat on. Assume you are […]

Filed Under: children's behaviour Tagged With: brushing teeth, how long to get children ready, poll, time management

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