I don’t know how to react when she hurts other children

I appreciate how hurtful it can be to be told that all you have done for your family is still not enough

School is such a big part of our children’s days that when it is not going well for them, it can seem like there is no escape from the stress they are experiencing

Suggest that each child do something to make mornings easier. One of them can lay the table for breakfast the night before. Another can arrange everyone’s shoes and coats close to the door so they are ready to go. They can each lay out their uniforms the night before and put their school bags by the wall so no one is looking for anything when they are in a rush

They left everything up to me, including keeping an eye on their children

It brings to an end over 60 hours of counting in the General Election 2024

"No one needs to apologise for having a view. That said, we all need to be mindful of how and when we share that view and be sensitive to how it might land with people around us."

Breaking from the usual demands of school and work routines gives parents the opportunity to bond with their children

What can I do to help them to have a happy Christmas without getting exhausted?

Almost every weekend, there’s an argument about stolen makeup, missing clothes, or whose turn it is to empty the dishwasher

I am now the mother of three children, and I’m finding it hard to control my anger with the younger two

"I am curious how you have set up your expectations for your children. Are there set chores each is responsible for each day and week?"

"The fact that your children are now asking about it indicates they are identifying the difference between the grandmother who is physically and emotionally present in your lives and the one who is notably not so."

"To love someone and, at the same time, to be afraid or nervous around them due to their unpredictability is very difficult. It also makes for very complicated grief, which is what you seem to be describing."

"With busy working schedules that don’t always lend themselves to the early bedtimes of very young children, we have to get creative with our playful connections and maximise those small windows of playtime we might be getting each day."

"I wonder if your daughter is more of a ‘selective eater’ than a ‘fussy eater’, and she is refusing what she would previously have eaten because it doesn’t fit within her new fitness goals."

It’s often scary for little ones to dress up in ghoulish clothes and go trick-or-treating in their local area. This can especially be the case if the child is neurodivergent

Children start to lie around three years old when they realise their parents are not mind readers and don’t know everything

Is this just a phase? We are afraid he will miss out on wonderful opportunities in the future if he deems it a win-lose scenario

"He once had all your undivided attention, and now he must share it with his sibling. He understandably resents that right now. And I agree with you that he will adjust, albeit this is taking him some time."