, ask plenty of questions and be available to work through any issues which may arise (even if primary level mathematics are a little beyond you)…But know when to back offBear in mind that your role as a parent is to help and not to do. Resist

Your child's ability to settle herself when going to sleep, and subsequently if she wakes up in the night, is essential to a good night's rest for your child, and indeed you. Yet some children find this a difficult skill to master, often because they have never been taught it. Pe...

girl who feeling bored and neglected, discovers a parallel world where her parents are fun and caring, yet have buttons for eyes. But as Coraline soon discovers, not everything is as it seems.Fear factor 8/10Monster House (Cert PG

know you’re going to be sitting there for three hours; a toddler is never going to sit still for three hours, so why take them there? But you know what, people do bring their kids in. I remember recently, parents with a child about seven years old

’t know what they are, until their parents get their old cassettes out of the drawer and explain. With our C-60 wallpaper children can even enjoy colouring them in with their felt-tips – with their parents permission, of course.Vintage Fisher Price toys

on my parents’ bedroom wall, as I slept in there as a very young child as they just had the one bedroom for a while. I can still strongly remember the stories and emotions that that scene inspired. It has been wonderful hearing similar stories from

and responses – playing tickly games and hiding toys. It’s absolutely crucial because how you interact with your parents in the first year of life can determine how your brain develops thereafter.”This playful interaction with babies is crucial to healthy

too. I said, “You can have one drawing from your kid and I’ll have one from mine”. So there was no hint of competitive parenting? On the contrary. I also asked my son if he would like a superhero design on the clothes, which he did, and of course I

children, eating cake and laughing with them. Bliss.Why is it important for children to have somewhere they feel at home?As parents it’s easy to get bogged down with what we are constantly told we need to be doing, from sleep-training to child

and Janet Ahlberg’s warm, cartoony illustrative style are all effortlessly appealing to young readers and their parents. Each Peach Pear Plum is a picture book for the very young with simple sentences on each page and an I-spy challenge to the reader to find