Tests, exams and grades
I will always remember one moment as one of my children approached GCSEs. My child screamed through tears, “I am going to fail all of them.” This was not the…
Parent Power
I recently stayed with a Christian family. One child is still living at home, their other two are living independently. Their family’s story includes sibling anger, late diagnosis neurodiversity, multiple…
Christmas while the sun shines…
Two types of people The world can be divided into two types of people: The planners and the deadliners. The planners get straight to the most important task, they stay…
The ‘P’ word
I remember hearing my parents talking about me in the next room. “He must be going through puberty.” I felt angry, judged and misunderstood. Am I the only one who…
Let them be sad
Children cry for the silliest reasons. Someone ate the last doughnut. They lose at Monopoly. Their socks feel ‘pinchy’. In moments such as these, dismissing our child’s tears may sometimes…
Screen time and other tricky questions
I led a table at a seminar for parents on tackling screen time, organised by my local secondary school. For the first discussion, each of the ten parents at my…
Friendship issues
For one of my children, there was a three year period when bedtime often meant tears. The words that kept on putting a dagger through my heart were, “I have…
…“But what if I’m not plan A?”
At Faith in kids our message to parents is: “You are plan A for the children God has given you.” We want parents to confidently embrace the role God has…
Finding dependent faith in parenting
I have a friend who grew up in Nigeria. As a child, his family would pray before going on a journey across their city. They never felt sure that they…
Christmas Highs and Lows
I once asked some friends to share their stories of Christmas highs and lows. Here are some of them: Christmas lows The one where the oven broke half way through…
