Over the last three months, we have been the unwitting lab rats in an experiment to live on the summit of an active volcano, spewing dark ash over our home, every day. This volcano is young, geologically speaking, just nine years old in fact. This mountain of fire and brimstone, louder than a heavy metal … Continue reading Living on the summit of an active volcano in rural England
Oppositional Defiance Disorder
It’s been a mixed* start to the New Year
If this is how we mean to go on, 2016, I’m going to have to have stern words. Actually, stern words didn’t seem to work with Connor on January 4th as he climbed out of a school window to avoid the headmistress on the other side of the door, and ran out of the school … Continue reading It’s been a mixed* start to the New Year
No. 1 for school holiday childcare in the UK: professional camp, or the guy fishing in the canal?
So, my dear reader I must apologise for leaving such a long gap between blogs, but I have been a full time parent for a while, as in all day every day, as a result of my charming son being permanently excluded from a less than super holiday camp. Within 5 days of attending this … Continue reading No. 1 for school holiday childcare in the UK: professional camp, or the guy fishing in the canal?
“Mimi, I’ve sucked up a Spiderman glove”
This is a good thing. An excellent thing. This means my charming youngest son is not hitting someone, pinching someone, or killing a tree with a big stick. That’s been the catalogue of events last week, but a Spiderman glove sucked into the inside of a Miele cat and dog vacuum cleaner? Walk in the park…………… … Continue reading “Mimi, I’ve sucked up a Spiderman glove”
Back to school learning to be a parent
For those of you new to this page, I am going to explain why I have ended up in parenting classes weekly from now until mid-July this year. I have a charming seven year old son called Connor who has ADHD, you know, that syndrome that's basically extra-naughty-and-we-should-discipline-him-more-disease. On top of this he has Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), … Continue reading Back to school learning to be a parent
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