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Elizabeth and Donna
The Offside Rule ... in words we can all understand
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@Mummy_Central @Britmums thank you so much we really can help each other when kids wander off for FREE @findmychildapp - posted on 18/05/2012 12:56:15Time's running out to enter our #competition to win family tickets to the #jubilee party at Hyde Park. Pampering too! http://t.co/9ppEEZ0u - posted on 18/05/2012 12:09:18Yeah, a fun app for my little one and he's learning something too. @readwritephonic http://t.co/Mt7G5AS4 - posted on 18/05/2012 12:06:56Training for sports day? #win some fab running shoes here (value £90) http://t.co/acyNmuju - posted on 17/05/2012 15:20:36
We all know as parents there’s no greater advice than that taken from personal experience. Words of wisdom don’t come from books or statistics. Professors of whatnot can spout all they like about what’s good and bad, how we should raise children and how to get it all wrong.
But unless they’ve sat up at 2am with baby puke in their hair, what the hell do they know? Blogging is all about sharing our experiences, dipping into others’ lives and maybe learning something in the process – or just having a laugh at how we muddled along but got there in the end.
Which is why we’re introducing Parentonomy, a chance to share posts every week on an aspect of bringing up children.
An ‘onomy’ means the laws or structures of something. And while we would argue there’s little structure and very few laws involved with bringing up a child (except love them and do the best you can), we want to hear your experiences, your views, your successes and failures, even your funny stories.
You can either write a post in the coming week, and link it up here. Or link up a past post on the topic.
Parentonomy is parenting according to you. Take a look at the topics we’ve covered so far …
And we’d love you to join in.
I’ve had difficulty writing this post. Not because I don’t know what to say. But my two boys keep bursting into the room, asking me to help them rebuild their ‘den’. This is a duvet draped over a variety of objects – a chair, a blackboard, a rocking horse – to make a little...
Few four letter words get our hearts pulsating so quickly. But when we hear R * A* I *N we scrurry towards our glitter stockpiles more quickly than you can say double-sided sticky tape. And particularly on a bank holiday. Truthfully, there are few things more destructive than a bored child on a rainy day. And since we are currently...
This week we’re going back to the very beginning. Well, almost the very beginning, since we’re not asking for your conception stories. Maybe another time – for a porno special! (only joking – or are we?) Nope, we want to hear about the miracle of birth. Or did you feel it was less a...
Google “reading to your children” and you’ll find oodles of articles about the benefits of reading to young ones from their earliest years. Research has shown again and again that reading to your children can help develop their speech, improve their communication skills, strengthen their academic capabilities, accelerate learning to read and foster a...
Talking and eating. Probably our kids’ two favourite things to do in life. Sometimes both at the same time. So we have been a little bewildered that so few mums and dads have linked up posts on these topics. Could be linky fatigue. Could be that not enough people know about Parentonomy yet (we’ll...
The never-ending debate between stay–at-home-mums and dads and working parents is as heated as ever. Just this week, new research suggests that mothers who work are significantly less likely to suffer from depression than those who stay at home. Dig beyond the headlines, and you will see that Dr Susan Harkness’ study confirms something far...
The greatest perk of Parentonomy is not that we get to highlight great writing, although that’s pretty great. It is that we are able to point you towards the best advice on a given topic because it is advice written by parents who have experienced the very issues they are writing about. Take sleep,...
Eating may be one of our favourite pastimes (go on, admit it) But when it comes to children and food… well it can be hit and miss. Literally. Weaning your child onto solids is like a game of Russian roulette. You don’t know what’s going to go down – and what’ll come back and...
So often we focus on rewarding our little ones when they pee and poo in the right place, don’t we? But having read your enlightening posts and listened to your great audio blogs, it is you that should be getting a reward. Gold stars to everyone (and glugs of wine too, if that takes...
Monday morning in the post office queue. Everyone in the village has large packages to send to Tipperary, Outer Mongolia, Peru, or so it seems … The queue snakes around the novelty mugs and between the bubble envelopes and packaging. And, apart from stamp quibbles, all is silent. So when my eldest son Mac...
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