Your child has just lost a match or a competition or a race that was really important to them. They sit slumped in the car, holding back the tears. As a parent in this difficult position you are going to want to say three things that come to mind. Three things which...
You plan a parents event to inspire and change behaviour from the unwelcome to helpful, only the parents you really want to attend, don’t show up! You are desperate for Mr Angry, Miss Shoutstoomuch and Mrs Pushy to attend because you can see the impact their...
I sometimes wish I was with a different child. I sometimes wish I was with one of my other kids! This confession requires me to be courageously honest, and I’ve found great freedom in being courageously honest. When I am doing something with one of my kids, I often...
Parents in sport. Are they a blessing or a hindrance? Yes, parents are needed to do all the running about and funding, but once the training and matches begin are parents just a pain? There are those extreme cases of parents fighting with officials which just feeds...
Have you and your family reaped the rewards of tapping into our adventurous heritage? From Sir Walter Raleigh to Ellen MacArthur, our national history is littered with individuals who discovered what they were made of whilst pushing back frontiers and exploring the...
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...
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