Secondary School
Secondary school is a bit rubbish really. I know, I used to go to one. It was huge and full of teenagers with their raging hormones and vile moods. Teenagers can be cruel when in a pack. I hated it....
View ArticleBad Habits
The teen has gone to his Dad’s for a couple of weeks so it seems like an ideal opportunity to break all the bad habits he’s taught his little brother. I know he may start again when he returns but...
View ArticleSolidarity
Yesterday on Twitter I managed to get into an argument with someone over parenting, this was my first Twitter argument. This in itself surprises me, I’ve been on there a while and I haven’t managed to...
View ArticleDo Teenagers Lack Empathy?
There were some claims recently about teenagers and that changes in their brain chemistry mean that they lack empathy. A quick Google search brings up a range of claims and without me going off and...
View ArticleSchool Reward Trips
Every so often something happens with my teen’s schooling which reminds me why home education is the route we will be taking for the little ones. This week there was the classic example of the “school...
View Article12 Weeks Pregnant
Wow, I’ve reached what feels like the magic number, 12 weeks of pregnancy. I’m already starting to feel better, I have more energy and the ill feeling I had for the past couple of months seems to be...
View ArticleA Story of a Teenage Girl
I don’t often comment on news stories on my blog, partly because that’s not what this space is for in my mind, but also because it’s not often that a story hits me on a personal level. The story of...
View ArticleTrying Again
When you really want a baby and you spent some time trying for one, it feels wrong somehow to prevent pregnancy after a loss. For a few weeks after I bled and was advised to abstain from sex until the...
View ArticleTeen Time
I have decided to make an effort to reestablish time with my teenage son. He’ll be 14 in January and I find he still needs my attention but gets so much less of it now we have little children. So,...
View ArticleMy Teenage Boy
Today’s post is dedicated to my teenage son, because today he turns 14. It’s hard to believe that my ‘baby’ is 14, in a way it feels like yesterday that I brought him home from the hospital, but at the...
View ArticleTeen Time
This week’s evening with the teen was a bit of a cop out really, we usually go for dinner but it happened to fall on the same night as parents evening so we went to that instead. The teen actually...
View ArticleTeenage Sleepovers
I really didn’t expect to have to have this conversation already. I was sitting quietly downstairs, minding my own business and secretly scoffing biscuits while the children were busy when I got the...
View ArticleHanging Around
When I was a child I was never allowed to just go out, I wasn’t allowed to hang around on the streets or at the park. If I was going somewhere my mum liked to know where I was going...
View ArticleThe Internet Generation
As a mother of a 15 year old boy I suddenly find the internet a scary place, my teenage boy is quite sensible and I trust him but I’m also not silly. I was a teenager once, I’ve had boyfriends,...
View ArticleSkate Hut Review
Today I have a review to make my lovely teen boy happy. Skate Hut sell skate boards, skates, scooters, bikes, clothes, shoes, bags, protection and accessories for skater type people. It is a dream...
View ArticleMy Man-Child
I was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth and wondering how much I could sell the soap dish for at a car boot sale (20p? 50p?) when my teenage son came in to ask if he could stay at...
View ArticleGCSE Stress
My eldest son is in his GCSE year. I always worried about how he’d cope with this year as he’s never been great with tests and things. Today he’s off school and the reason is basically stress. I know...
View Article6th Form Decisions
Having stayed in Sheffield for 5 years while my eldest son was at secondary school we had planned to return to Derbyshire this summer as he will have finished his GCSEs. We’d made him aware of our...
View ArticleTeenage Years
Following a conversation on Twitter about the ‘joys’ of the teenage years, when you have to accept a slamming door is the best “goodbye” you’re going to get, I thought I’d share my experience and give...
View ArticleMy Biggest Boy
On Saturday my eldest son turned 17, now I know it’s a cliche and everything, but where the hell did 17 years go? It seems like yesterday that he was pulled (quite literally pulled via ventouse)...
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