How to Raise Grateful Children

Instilling a sense of gratitude into a child can certainly be a challenge, but there are many effective ways to achieve this. Children can...

Talking Tough Topics via TV with your Kids – #Streamteam

For as long as I can remember our family has discussed what we have seen on TV and one such occasion has gone down...
My Four Youngest Children

Teaching Our Kids Self Confidence And Respect For Others

Each of us has many labels. Some of them we like, others we don't. Some of my labels are (in no particular order!): Wife Mum Reader Ginger Cook Painter Canadian Some labels...

Parents Of Kids With Special Needs Fail Themselves

Parents of kids with extra challenges are a funny bunch, both funny ha-ha, and funny peculiar; funny ha-ha because – well if you don’t...

Joys of #Autism

Like all parents (well the vast majority anyway) I do, of course, love all of my children. Through the all night screaming (theirs not...

And sometimes Autism sucks….

Most of the time I can be positive about Autism, and its role in our family, but every now and again Autism sucks. James is...