New year, renewed rules

Every parent has those days when it feels like nobody is listening. The New Year is the perfect time to regain control! Start fresh and enact, enforce and maintain a new set of rules in your house.

Should we be parenting like the germans?

“I am going to bring bikini tops,” said my boyfriend nervously, “because I know you and your sister won’t have packed any.” Of course we hadn’t: neither of us had really worn a proper bikini in years, particularly if we weren’t on a public beach.