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Eye Checks in Under 5’s
A little twitch. A blink here and there. A cheeky squint. Was Harry struggling with his eyesight or just an … More
Review: My Name Is Covid by Tammy Brandon
A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children, … More
The Ripples of Lockdown
Resilience is the frequent adjective I’ve used to describe children throughout covid. “They’ll bounce back!” “They’ll jump back in to … More
You Win Some…
Another day in lockdown… another twelve hours to kill with a preschooler. Another twelve hours of trying to entice him … More
The Lesser-Known Anxieties of Starting Pre-School
It’s that season; the season where social media will be smothered in a blanket of new school-year doorstep photos. No … More
How ‘not’ to relax lockdown
How is your bubble? Have you been living in harmonious, familial bliss for ten weeks? Has it been a period … More
Mum Guilt
Harry is a heavy breathing, nose-dripping, lung-expelling, snot demon right now. If he’s not wiping his nose on his sleeve … More