He loves me, he loves me not …
Yazan: Sara | 05 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Conservatives
So Dave can’t decide if he wants to reward marriage or not. Sounds like something he should have thought about more carefully before making romantic overtures to the LibDems! Seriously though, what’s so wonderful about marriage? Well speaking as someone who has been happily married for the past 16 years and who sees every sign of this [...]
Hey! Minister! Leave them kids alone!
Yazan: Sara | 31 December 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: children, education
Ten years ago, my neighbour and friend was in despair. Her son, only a month younger than my daughter, was almost three and was not reliably potty trained. Pressure from relatives left her with the feeling that she was a failure to her oldest child and all his ante & post natal class peers were [...]
Neither drunk, nor disorderly
Yazan: Sara | 17 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: children, health
According to the Government’s Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson, I have a middle-class obsession. Actually I am a mother attempting to have a middle-class obsession. My attempted obsession? Feeding my child alcohol. Now before you run off and report me to social services as an unfit parent, I should point out that this only goes [...]
Stop the gripe water, Nanny – or we'll all become binge drinkers!
Yazan: sarabedford | 29 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: health
So according to Sir Liam Donaldson, England’s chief medical officer, children aged under 15 should never be allowed to drink alcohol, even in small quantities. Sir Liam said that childhood should be an ‘alcohol-free time’ and that children who drink were at risk of “serious harm”. At present It is legal for parents to give a child [...]
I hope you dance
Yazan: sarabedford | 13 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized
Whilst driving into Watford to collect my daughter and her friend, my mind was obviously on my earlier posting. The words of the Lee Anne Womack song ‘I hope you dance’ came into my mind, probably as a result of being featured at the weekend as one of the ‘Inheritance Tracks’ of Gavin and Stacey [...]
Are we in danger of breeding battery children?
Yazan: sarabedford | 13 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: family
Childhood has well and truly come into the 21st century with the invention of the nu.mate. Revealed to the world this week and on sale from March, this device takes the form of a GPS tracker contained within a digital watch that allows you to track your child’s movements anywhere they go and follow them [...]
Age is just a number
Yazan: sarabedford | 26 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: young people
Our eleven year old daughter is rarely without a book. Yes, she loves her computer. DS and MP3 player, but she’s still happiest with a book in her hand. And like me, she enjoys a broad range of books, fiction and non-fiction. Over the years, she has been allowed to choose pretty much want she [...]
