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Ruth Taylor
Aug 71 min read
Are you a bitter or a blitzer?
When it comes to tidying up there seem to be two camps. Â There are those who tidy along the way, picking up bits here and there and...
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Ruth Taylor
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Words have power
As we get ever closer to Christmas, please remember that your words have power. I have received no Christmas Cards yet this year. Then...
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Ruth Taylor
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Disappointments reign
My daughter is on holiday this week. Hopefully she is having a nice time. I expect she will not be having an awesome time, because her...
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Ruth Taylor
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Does Christmas cause conflict in your family?
It does in ours, but not in a worrying way. In fact I’d say that I learnt a lot about conflict at Christmas. We play a card game at...
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Ruth Taylor
Dec 7, 20221 min read
Do you have the Christmas spirit?
As the weekend I saw two children, on two separate occasions, who fully embraced the Christmas spirit. Well a big inflatable Father...
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Ruth Taylor
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Should I have?
On Friday, last week, I spoke to some kids. Brave of me I know. I did not raise my voice. I did not swear or cuss at them. I did not tell...
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Ruth Taylor
Nov 23, 20221 min read
You can be too prepared
If you have young children, who are busy writing their Christmas wish lists. Here is some free advice. Don’t look at them yet! It can be...
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Ruth Taylor
Nov 14, 20222 min read
The power of connection
Last week I got to observe, first-hand the impact of our phones on parenting. I was a couple of seats away from a toddler and mother. The...
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Ruth Taylor
Nov 7, 20221 min read
The big wide world
At the weekend I spoke to my eldest. She is rapidly approaching the end of her second year at Uni. I asked if this year was better or...
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Ruth Taylor
Oct 29, 20221 min read
My daughter spoke to me the other day!
This may not sound that impressive, but she is 18, has a boyfriend, access to a car and an iPhone. So she is not actually at home that...
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Ruth Taylor
Oct 18, 20221 min read
World Menopause day
As a parent you learn to relive life through your kids. You try and remember what it was like to be three and frustrated with the taste...
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Ruth Taylor
Oct 9, 20221 min read
What would you think if I told you that over the weekend I vacuumed my lawn?
I ask because in the past I have heard of others doing this and have to be honest and say I was quite judgemental. At the time there was...
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Ruth Taylor
Oct 8, 20221 min read
Mental health is a little like the weather - Ever changing and highly unpredictable.
Last week there was a late frost. Â My eldest made the most of the opportunity by making a snowman, something she last did almost 18...
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Ruth Taylor
Oct 3, 20222 min read
How smart is a smart phone?
Smart phones are a new way that children can share messages, ideas and thoughts, they are also a way to create mean and unkind content...
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Ruth Taylor
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Grief is a powerful emotion
Having been encouraged to review the whole grieving process for work, I learnt that grief as an emotion can be felt over loss, not just...
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Ruth Taylor
Aug 23, 20222 min read
Are you wrapping your kids in cotton wool?
You will have different levels of risk you are willing and comfortable to live with, but unless you allow your child to try things, how...
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Ruth Taylor
Aug 17, 20221 min read
It’s black cat day
We have two cats. One is black and white, the other all black. Â The thing is, our cat is not really black. When she lies in the sun, you...
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Ruth Taylor
Aug 16, 20221 min read
It's yes joke
Something which I think is special to see in your child is humour. Â When children start school they learn lots of things about the...
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Ruth Taylor
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Apparently elephants never forget, neither do kids…
Before your child turned three, a promise of ‘later,’ was probably all you needed to give to stop the incessant requests of “Can I have?...
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