Christmas has not been cancelled, but it will certainly be significantly different this year. We don’t know what restrictions will be in place during the festive period, but it’s safe to say that very few of the traditional Christmas events, such as …

2020 is drawing to a close and thank goodness for that. We don’t know what 2021 will bring, but at least the prospect of Christmas and the joy it brings to children gives us something to look forward to. This year, budgets …

When it comes to Trick or Treat, the year 2020 has firmly come down on the side of Trick, with Covid19 dominating our lives. As a result, all of the major holidays and events are far from normal, including Halloween. Many children …

Last month, millions of children have returned to school after a long break following the Coronavirus shut down. For most, this was a welcome return, with many parents struggling to manage working with childcare and home schooling. However, for some families who …

My children are both Minecraft addicts, especially the eldest. His first words in the morning are “Is it an iPad day today?” (we have iPad free days to try and curb his addiction, but it hasn’t worked so far) and when he …

There are still a few weeks left until the end of the summer holidays and unlike in previous years when we had the certainty of a return to school in September, in 2020, with the Coronavirus pandemic still ongoing, there is no …

We are reaching the end of the summer term and it has probably been the strangest school year that children have ever experienced, thanks to the big C word. Instead of celebrating the end of term with sports days, summer fairs, and …

We may have only been in lockdown for just over three months but for us parents, it has felt like an eternity. As restrictions start to ease many of us are starting to reflect on how things have changed, and what lessons …

What feels like the longest two months many of us have ever experienced is gradually coming to end. The peak of the Coronavirus outbreak in the UK has passed. Cases in hospitals are coming down, as is the daily death rate. Slowly, …

Raising children is hard. We all know that, right? Well, now it’s even harder, thanks to coronavirus and the lockdown. Suddenly hundreds of thousands of parents around the world have found themselves faced with the prospect of home-schooling their children for the …