Parenting

Having children is absolutely amazing but it also comes with lots of worries and challenges.  Find top tips on parenting from Red Kite Days experts and Mum guest bloggers.

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5 Tips On How To Encourage Your Kids to Help Out With Household Chores

Keeping the house clean and tidy isn’t exactly the most thrilling of activities, and it’s easy to see why kids often let out a big sigh ...

Five Focus Plan for Improving Your Child’s Wellbeing through Positive Psychology

We all want to do everything we can to enable our children to live happy, successful lives, yet for parents raising children in ...

Top Tips to Help Children Adjust to Daylight Saving Time Changes

You’ve worked so hard to get your child into a bedtime routine and then the clocks only go and change!  Daylight saving time ...

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It’s Good for Children to be Bored

By Emma-Louise Hodson, experienced founder of Horizon Nannies Years ago, I went for a trial for a nanny job in Switzerland. The nanny ...

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6 Amazing Ways to Develop Your Baby’s Language Skills

By Laura Davies, Speech and Language Therapist and mum The amount that your baby learns in their first year of life is astounding.  ...

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How Babies Communicate

By Laura Davies, Speech and Language Therapist and mum The amount that your baby learns in their first year of life is astounding. They ...

setting boundaries

Why are Boundaries so Important?

By Emma-Louise Hodson, experienced founder of Horizon Nannies Anyone who’s anyone will have heard about children pushing boundaries. ...

Parenting Advice Overload

By Emma-Louise Hodson, experienced founder of Horizon Nannies After speaking to a friend recently, who has two small children, I was ...

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Are Star Charts Effective?

By Emma-Louise Hodson, experienced founder of Horizon Nannies Short answer, because we’re parents and don’t get a minute to ourselves: ...

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What is Your Baby Thinking?

By Helen Brawn, Mum of 2 and experienced baby signing teacher. How baby signing can help them communicate before speech Sometimes it is ...

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5 Dinner Time Questions to get your Family Talking

By David, blogger, husband and Dad of 4 kids under 10. Between school, sports and life sometimes it is hard to slow down as a family ...

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Why the Naughty Step Doesn’t Work

By Emma-Louise Hodson, experienced founder of Horizon Nannies Ah… The Naughty Step. Since ‘Super Nanny’ came into our ...

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