It is of course far easier to encourage a child to eat a healthy diet if they have been bought up on one from a very young age. Many parents hit periods of difficulty in getting their child to eat a varied balanced diet, and your reaction towards[…]

‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail’ – Benjamin Franklin Children are put under a lot of pressure these days to do well in exams at school whether it is for GCSE’s or A-levels. Teachers are also under enormous pressure to hit targets for league tables[…]

Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are widely recognised as a condition that affects communication, social interaction, behaviour and interests. These factors may be observed in both children and adults to varying degrees.As far as science can tell us, there is no cure for ASDs and the causes are unknown,[…]

Everyone loves a story and from the minute we get up in the morning we all tell ourselves stories – many stories.  Most of them are very short and we may not even be aware we are telling ourselves them.  Some are positive – ‘I’m looking forward to[…]

Parenting is the most stressful thing we do, and with the growing demands of life, it is easy to forget, even children get stressed. What causes stress? Children increasingly suffer the effects of stress and feel overwhelmed with pressures from school and social life. Between all the schoolwork,[…]

Do all those sleepless nights and the continual tiredness of looking after babies and toddlers now seem easy compared to living with a teenager? Are you wondering where your gorgeous child has gone? Have they been replaced by a stranger living in the house? Being the parent of[…]

On average there are two children in every classroom in the UK with asthma and the NHS spends around £1 billion every year treating those with asthma, so let’s first use those statistics to quash any ideas that asthma is simply an excuse to get out of doing[…]

Around one in 100 adults are classified as autistics and although no formal figures are kept, it is estimated that the ratio is the same in children. Approximately 1% of all school children are recorded as having some kind of autistic spectrum disorder (including Asperger) which equates to[…]

What did you want to be when you grew up? Did you do what you wanted to do or did you simply follow the path of least resistance? Over the years the options for employment possibilities have changed, they have widened offering young people more choice and with[…]