Parents, is it Time to Stop Dieting?

Jan 18, 2017 | Dieting

As a weighty parent, with more ‘body’ for my children to love than I would like, I diet and seek support from others to succeed. All too often, in the past, those others could be my children. But by including my kids in my dieting support group, I was nurturing an...
Perfect Parent Newsletter

Perfect Parent Newsletter

Jan 10, 2017 | Newsletter

2016 has been another perfect year for the faultless Shorters. Before we begin, it is worth pointing out that by merely reading this letter you will undoubtedly be inspired to follow our example of parental perfection. This is completely normal and does not...

Boys crying

Oct 28, 2016 | Emotions

Men have emotions, everyone knows it, it’s just we are rubbish as a society at allowing them to show them. (Unless they score a goal!) In the Channel  TV series SAS who dares wins episode 2 , we see several men talking about their emotions, dark times and suicidal...

Be a parent not a friend

Oct 9, 2016 | Parent

When I was a child, we had a black Labrador Alsatian cross. Wonderful as he was, he became one thoroughly confused dog. Five owners, and five completely different sets of rules. Despite my parents best efforts to insist on uniformity, this poor dog never really knew...

Anne Robinson’s Britain

Oct 7, 2016 | Parenting

As ever Anne Robinson can ask the right questions and in this TV programme, her interrogations aimed at parenting. It is well worth a watch. Watching the programme highlighted once again the guilt and shame that surrounds parenting. Parents are under more pressure...