Children don’t come with a manual and apart from antenatal classes, there’s not a lot of easily accessible, trustworthy advice on issues that parents want to know about in order to make informed decisions about their family life and parenting styles. That’s what this area of the website is for.
The advice in this section is practical and covers a wide range of topics and helps parents balance the needs of their whole family. Have a look at what our experts have to say on: Routine Matters, Attention Seeking and Jealousy and Helicopter Parenting
We have put together some easy wins in the form of our ‘Top Tips’. Try them and let us know how you get on:
Top tips: Happy, healthy mealtimes
Top tips: toilet training
The Play Diet is a practical approach that parents can use to help guide the activities that they encourage their children to do, and can help them resist the pester power that parents tell us they find so difficult to handle.
Moderation in everything might sound like a boring old mantra and something...
Throwing tantrums is part of a child’s development, learning how to calm...
Nightmares can leave a child feeling angry, shameful, scared, anxious, or upset.
The arrival of a new sibling is an exciting time for the family
Buying presents for children can be difficult. Our toy reviews and buying guides can help make sure you don’t end up buying unsuitable gifts that end up in the back of the toy cupboard, or worse, landfill.
E-Safety is an important issue that many parents don’t fully appreciate.
Communicating and engaging with your children’s online world is the best safety measure.
Children with additional needs need to play as much as other children but can find it difficult to access opportunities that help them develop a range of important skills.
As children start nursery or preschool, they’ll be introduced to the Early Years Foundation Stage of the National Curriculum
Help children develop independence and responsibility from an early age by making everyday jobs fun.
