There’s never been a better time to dream about travel than right now. Even when restrictions on travel are lifted, it may still be out of the question because of the impact on our finances and family’s health, quite apart from where and when the planes are flying again. It’s not a cheering thought. Which…
Whether you are homeschooling, home learning or just have your kids at home for a short time and are keeping up with their education, making it work for you can occasionally (ahem) be a challenge. We chatted to the UK’s top parent influencers about what they do, whether they are juggling homeschooling with multiple children,…
‘Surviving’ seems to be one of the big buzzwords at the moment, along with ‘coping’ (or ‘not coping’) and ‘homeschooling’. Suddenly, during this period of lockdown, ordinary mums and dads have been tasked with being homeschoolers while also having to possibly work from home. This would be barely achievable if you didn’t also have to…
By now we have all recognised that we have a homeschooling style, whether laid-back, super-scheduler or somewhere in between. As parents we’re getting deluged with tips, advice, constructive criticism and expectations from an array of sources telling us the best way to do it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. (Come share your…
We originally noticed video call exhaustion at the beginning of the month. It’s now been confirmed not just by observers of modern culture like us but by actual scientists who note the digitisation of interaction, the delays and blips, the inability to accurately read body language and mirror each other can leave us feeling disconnected,…
