The honest, practical side of raising kids today.
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual — but it does come with a lot of questions. This is where we tackle the real stuff: building routines that work, handling difficult behaviour, supporting your child through school pressure, navigating technology and social media, and knowing when to step in and when to step back.
Written for parents of school-age kids and teens. No judgement, no perfect answers — just thoughtful advice from people who get it.
It starts subtly. The kitchen table disappears under a mountain of past papers. There’s a new and alarming frequency of the phrase “I’m going to fail everything.” Someone has colour-coded seven different revision timetables and stuck them to the wall — and yet, somehow, still hasn’t actually started revising. Welcome to IGCSE season. The Cambridge…
Millions of children take melatonin gummies every night. It’s cheap, it’s widely available, and it feels like an easy fix when your child simply won’t sleep. But new research published in early 2026 is asking a question parents deserve to hear: should they? A major review published in the World Journal of Pediatrics and widely…
Governments across Europe are moving to ban social media for children under 15 — and parents everywhere are paying attention. Here’s what’s happening, why it matters, and what you can do at home right now without waiting for any law to pass. The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic recently expressed support for restricting social…
A new kid-focused smartphone called the amiGO Jr. Phone just launched — and it’s designed specifically to help parents manage their children’s digital lives more responsibly. Location tracking, contact limits, school-hour restrictions, and family sync all built in from day one. It sounds like exactly what exhausted parents have been asking for. But does a…
You’ve probably tried it — “No more screens after an hour!” or “Only 1–2 hours a day!” — but somehow the kids still end up glued to devices anyway. That’s because new expert guidance says simple screen time limits alone aren’t enough anymore. According to a recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the…
Parenting a teenager comes with many joys—and a few less-than-pleasant challenges. One of those is teenage body odor (BO), especially if your teen is active in sports. My 13-year-old son, for instance, spends hours playing sports, and while I’m proud of his athletic dedication, his room sometimes smells like a locker room—especially after an intense…
If you have a teenage son at home, there’s a reasonable chance you’ve heard the words “just one more game” at least once today. In our house, that phrase belongs to my 15-year-old — and nine times out of ten, the game in question is Fortnite. For the uninitiated: Fortnite is a free-to-play online battle…