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How to develop resilience

26 December, 2015 by farhan 1 Comment

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Hi everyone, recently I was lucky enough to attend a talk by @davidsjtait (https://twitter.com/DavidSJTait) on how to develop reslience, I started to skethcnote the talk out, it was so insightful that I decided to make a video on the key points on how to develop resilience – let’s take a look at it and then […]

Filed Under: learning resources Tagged With: balance, education, frustration, parenting

why learn Wing Chun

12 August, 2014 by farhan Leave a Comment

why learn wing chun

Why learn Wing Chun?  After all there are so many different martial arts out there, why should you choose to learn Wing Chun and what can Wing Chun teach your child? This week I was really honoured to be able to interview Sifu Jude Hudson of Kid’s Wing Chun Academey, I knew that there were […]

Filed Under: children's behaviour Tagged With: aggression, aggressive behavior, aggressive behaviour, balance, children's behaviour, relationships

Mummy Diaries – the Pregnancy book interview

24 March, 2014 by farhan 1 Comment

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Hi everyone, I’m really pleased to say that I was joined by Lousie Hamilton, author of Mummy Diaries – Pregnancy Stumbling into the Unknown.  In our interview we talk about her pregnancy diary and how her book is quite different to many of the other pregnancy books out there.   Watch my interview here with […]

Filed Under: parenting interviews Tagged With: balance, parenting, writing skills

Arts and Crafts for Kids – Get Fired

25 December, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

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I recently found this great place to take the arts and crafts for kids, it is a very simple concept, you select a clay figure to paint and decorate, the shop supplies you with all the things you need (it has a nice coffee and cake shop too), you paint it, they put in in […]

Filed Under: Kid's Days Out Tagged With: balance, cherished moments, days out, quality time, relationships

Working Dad – writing journey part II: Deciding on the best concept for the book cover design

4 December, 2013 by farhan Leave a Comment

choosing the book cover concept

  After I finished the seventh draft of the book, I sent it to my editor.  I had a few weeks before she would come back with her feedback so I started to work on the book cover design.   There were three main cover ideas that I had, I then spent the next few […]

Filed Under: learning resources Tagged With: balance, freelance, job hunting, money, not spending time with children, time management, working, working late, working parent

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

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

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

How much TV should I let my child watch?

12 August, 2013 by farhan 2 Comments

how much TV should i let my child watch

‘Don’t let you children watch TV it will pollute their minds!’  Well there are truths, lies and partial truths. I think that this is a partial truth, I would substitute certain channels in here rather than the concept of TV as a whole. When I had one child I would put the TV on in […]

Filed Under: children's behaviour Tagged With: balance, children's behaviour, education, letting children watch TV, not spending time with children, parenting, relationships, second child, time management, TV, watching TV, work life balance


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