Parent Gossip

The ineffective CSA is to be abolished and replaced by the all new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.  C-MEC, as it is to be known, will have enhanced powers under new legislation to ensure that lone parents receive the maintenance payments due to them.
Statistics show that over half of the lone parents in this country [...]

Witchling 12 revealed at the weekend that a local nightclub near where Grandmera and Grapper live, (Pussycats! – classy joint by the sounds of things huh?) holds an under 18s event on the first Friday of each month. Then came the announcement that of course since her friends were all going, then she too [...]

I have a new job! We are relocating to the other end of the country! Such excitements! Such dramas!
The Witchlings, having only arrived back in the UK a couple of months ago, are valiantly trying to settle into new schools and re-adjust to life back in ‘Blighty’. They’ve been doing really well. We’ve been staying [...]

In the news today is the somewhat controversial call from two prominent sexual health charities, Brook and the Family Planning Association, for sex education to be made compulsory for children as young as four.
Their argument is that by teaching children about sex from a very young age we can lower the numbers of sexually transmitted [...]

Yes, it’s official. Peter and Katie are NOT bad parents!
Peter Andre and Katie Price (aka Jordan) breathed sighs of relief yesterday after winning their court battle against the News Of The World. The newspaper printed the libellous article back in February. The expose, which was allegedly based on an interview with the couple’s former [...]

For pre-teens rejection or criticism by their friends can have a devastating effect on their self esteem and sense of identity. Add that together with the new academic challenges of secondary school and increasing pressure to achieve there and there is little wonder that pre-teens are sometimes difficult to parent or even to be around! [...]

My babies are growing up.  The Witchlings are both in that no-mans land called the pre-teen years. I don’t remember being a pre-teen.  I was a child then I was a teenager.  This new scary middle ground simply didn’t exist for me or many of my innocent(ish) generation!  They say children are growing up quicker [...]

I am not Superwoman. Being a mum (or dad) uses a LOT of energy. I used to kid myself that I could do everything for my girls. I could always go that extra mile! Trouble was, in running all those extra miles I somehow left myself behind. I took great care of the Witchlings (I [...]