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Why we need to wash our hands for 20 seconds
So, by now, we are sure that you are aware of the importance of handwashing in our fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Regular, consistent wash...
The School Summer Holidays in a Pandemic
With the end of the current school year just around the corner and with many differing experiences regards learning at home over the last few month...
Ideas for Meaningful Play During Lockdown
So, you’ve scoured the Internet for trampolines, been on enough bike and scooter rides to mean it is starting to lose its appeal to even the most e...
Being a Home-schooling Parent in a Pandemic Whilst Avoiding Stress
We are living in extraordinary times where the things that we took for granted at the beginning of the year have now all but disappeared.
For paren...
Children and Hand Washing
Children are not known as the most hygienic, with their apparent willingness to cough, sneeze, pick and wipe with little regard to the consequences...
When Your Child Should Stay Off School
So it’s the season when coughs, sneezes and stomach bugs are doing the rounds, with only a few of us being lucky enough to escape without feeling p...
Anxiety in Children
Recent TV advertising campaigns have highlighted the fact that we live in an age where mental health issues are very prevalent amongst the younger ...
It’s Set to Be a Techie Christmas
With technology very firmly part of a children’s life in 2019, this year is set to see yet another rise in tech-related toys being given on Christm...
My Child Wants to go Vegan – is this a good thing?
Go back in time by 30 years or more and vegetarianism was the new and much talked about alternative to meat free living, with many children and tee...
The Flu Jab and Your Child
Every year, the NHS release a new flu vaccine that has been specially developed to cope with the latest known strains of influenza. This is an impo...
Rickets and Vitamin D
Once a disease that was not unusual to see in children, Rickets occurrence decreased in the 20th century as vitamins became more readily available,...
Having a Splashing Time during the Summer Holidays.
It seems that here in the UK, the payoff of having one summer full of good weather, is to follow the next with completely the opposite. And with sc...