A Life with Autism
hey say that having a child changes your life forever. When you have a child like Natan, it blows it away.”
For the first couple of years, Carine’s experiences of motherhood were just like...
Playground Mafia
Sarah Tucker explores the gossiping world of the playground mafia working under cover in our children’s playgrounds.
Having spent most of the past ten years at some time of the day in a...
Community Values
The word community is banded about very freely, often meaning particular interest groups as in “the artistic community”, “the rural community” and in many cases, “the school community”. The interesting question is what...
Eco-friendly parties
I can scarcely believe this, even as I write the words; the average children’s birthday party in the UK costs £129. In a recent survey, over 60% of mums admitted to spending between...
Statementing
With more and more children being diagnosed with increasing numbers of educational and behavioural conditions, the need for a ‘statement’ is ever-important. But it is a daunting, often laborious process and one no...
Children with asthma no more likely to have tooth decay
We discover if there is a link between asthma and tooth decay.
A new study has shown that there is no connection between asthma and tooth decay in children. In the past, there have...
A Head Start
When Surrey couple, Emma and Dan Sparshatt, noticed something odd about the shape of their baby son’s head the NHS was unable to help, so they decided to take matters into their own hands......
Health: Over-coming bedwetting
Wetting the bed is a common problem for many children, even after they have been through potty training. Andrea, a mum from Bradford tells the story of how her six-year-old son, Ben, overcame bedwetting...
