How to travel with young children
Feb 02 2020
Travelling can be a gruelling experience, even when you’re doing it on your own. Throw young children into the mix and it and be downright overwhelming. That said, while travelling with babies and toddlers can be tricky, there a few steps that you can take to help ensure it goes smoothly.
The Sharent Trap
Jan 31 2020
Parents have a lot to fret about in these digital days. Newsletters from school and articles on the Internet coach us about monitoring our children’s activity and time on the Internet. But what if the greatest threat to children’s online well-being doesn’t come from strangers, peers, social media or screen time? What if the danger has less to do with their social media activity, and more to do with yours?
The buzzword for disclosing information about our kids online is ‘sharenting’, and it is a huge phenomenon. Over 90% of American children have digital footprints by the age of 2, and by the time the average child is 5, they have had 1500 images of them shared online.
Win 1 of 2 DVD copies of Downton Abbey The Movie
Jan 30 2020
Downton Abbey The Movie, written by Julian Fellowes, is finally here and available on Digital and Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. London Mums have two copies of Downton Abbey The Movie to give away to lucky readers. Read my interview with creator Julian Fellowes and actor Hugh Bonneville to answer the entry question.
Easy ways to make 2020 a more enjoyable year
Jan 29 2020
At the start of the year, it is always tempting to try and think of some of the things that you might want to do differently this time around. There might be any number of resolutions and changes that you want to undertake, but one that people rarely say is that they would like to have a much more enjoyable time. This is so simple, and yet such a powerful and beautiful thing to aim for and try to do for yourself. However, it’s a great one to try and I will definitely go for it. In this article I’m looking at some of the things that I’ll try and do to have a more enjoyable 2020 all round.
4 Steps to An Environmentally-Friendly Life
Jan 28 2020
There’s always change in the air, but it does seem like as a society we’ll be going through a change that’s more profound than anything we’ve seen in a long time. Climate change is going to direct us in one way or another; we’ll either get wise, and make changes that prevent the worst-case scenarios from happening, or we won’t, and we’ll go through a period of adjusting to the new environment.
But let’s hope for the first scenario. The thing about adopting an environmentally-friendly lifestyle is that not only can it be relatively straightforward, but it can even be fun. Below, we take a look at a few tips for living a greener lifestyle.
Downton Abbey The Movie DVD: Chatting with Academy Award winning Julian Fellowes and actor Hugh Bonneville
Jan 27 2020
After six years of waiting, the Downton Abbey movie, written by Julian Fellowes, is finally here and now available on Digital and Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. It is a blast for all fans of classic British period dramas. Downton Abbey the movie provides hilarious gags and enjoyable escapism away from nonsensical politics. I recently met the entire cast and filmmakers and chatted to creator Julian Fellowes and actor Hugh Bonneville.
