I have to confess I am a bit hit and miss on this whole cleaning and housework lark. I do see when it's starting to get messy and I don't live in a pig stye but I do think there is more to life than running around chasing your own tail tidying. My cleaning style is more panic manic cleaning every now and again. I have recently changed my shop work rota which has organized my self-employed days so much more and is the best thing I have ever done. So really I do really need to sort the ... VIEW POST
Housework and Cleaning Schedule
Effects of Single Parenting – Positives
Things never stay the same, society changes and so does family dynamics. Opportunities and resources are now more available than they ever were. No longer do people have to stay in relationships that don’t work. In relationships that are toxic or dangerous. So, whilst 50 years ago, you were an outcast if you were a single parent, nowadays its more accepted. The ideal is that a child is brought up in a loving 2 parent family. But this ideal isn’t always easily achieved. We don’t all make the ... VIEW POST
From two to one – How to be a Super Single Mum
Your family is changing, and so must your outlook. Making the transition from being a nuclear family to a single mum can be an emotionally and financially rocky road. The best thing you could do is seek advice from your family solicitors on the legal aspect of this change. Here are five tips to help you thrive in every other area of single parenthood. 1. Be affectionate. Studies show that children who receive affection from both parents fare better in school after a divorce than those who ... VIEW POST
10 Things I have learned being a Single Mum
With being a single parent for the last ten years I have learned a few things I might never have learned if I was still married. 1 - I learned that even though life has moved on from the Victorian era, some people's views haven't moved with it. Negatively and prejudices against single mums is still out there. 2 - I learned that I am a lot stronger than I ever thought I was. 3 - I learned that there a lot of DIY jobs that I, as a woman, can actually do. I won't be fobbed off ... VIEW POST
To Send or Not to Send a Child to Their Room
When I was young I was brought up fairly strictly. There wasn't any room for manoeuvre. My parents spoke, I listened. They asked me to do something, I did it instantly. If on the rare occasions I didn't, there was punishment. There wasn't though any of the 'sending to my room stuff'. At the time I didn't notice, it was only when my children came along and started testing my patience that I had to think back to my childhood and how my parents disciplined me. ... VIEW POST
Letting Them Learn by Doing
I am often asked what the hardest part of parenting is. For me it's not the lack of hours in the day as whatever I don't get done today will be still sitting there tomorrow. Nor is it the forever tiredness as I know at the end of the day they will go to sleep and I can too. It's not any of those things for me. For me it's the letting my children learn by doing. I don't mean give them a box of matches so that they learn that fire hurts. ... VIEW POST