Miscellaneous

8 TV shows that are helping teenagers to understand racial injustice

Black Lives Matter posters

  When you’re living with a teenager there’s a lot of debate. That’s a good thing. Young people in 2020 are massively well-informed, and for the most part pretty thoughtful about what’s going on in the world. When you talk current events with them, you will get hugely impassioned conversations – sometimes rants – from your young person, but if you persist, and hold your frustrations sometimes, it’s so worth it. Teenagers can be idealistic, but these conversations are a wonderful opportunity for them to explore what they really think, understand their parents as adults rather than Mum and Dad, …

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Is Chaos Affecting Your Mental Health? Top Tips For Organizing Your Family

It is a familiar feeling. That slightly claustrophobic and panicky feeling when every surface in your home is covered in stuff, you can’t find anything that you need, and you are late for the school pick up run again. Every time you tell yourself it is time to get organised because the way you are living now makes you feel anxious and overwhelmed pretty much all of the time. If this is the case, and clutter, chaos and general disorganisation are having an impact on your mental health, what can you do about it?   Think about what is stopping …

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Life: Rediscover Your Own Self-Care Schedule

Hey, how are you doing? Really? Now is as important a time as any to make sure that you are properly looking after yourself. Of course, it’s always important to do that – but given that there is currently a global pandemic going around, anything you can do to remain healthy is likely to be a good idea. If you have noticed that you have probably stopped properly taking care of yourself recently, then you might want to think about starting this up again as soon as possible. There are many things you might want to do, and it all …

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Your Teen Wants A Body Piercing. What Should You Do?

Teenagers have so many new ideas and new phases to go through. You don’t need me to tell you how difficult this stage of life is. I’m sure you remember what you were like as a teenager, and things are even harder now. With the birth of YouTube and social media, teenagers see more influencers than ever before. So, it’s hardly surprising that they take to specific trends and want to follow them.  One trend that’s become particularly popular in the last few years is body piercing. Lots of teenagers have their ears pierced, but now they want to move …

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Stuck At Home? Try These To Keep Your Health On Track

Being stuck at home is never easy. In fact, for some it’s a nightmare. Not being able to do what you want, with who you want. The same for your family. It can be heartbreaking to watch your children lose their spark, because they’re missing friends or family. But there are things you can do. Things to keep your health on track along with your family’s. The truth of the matter is, no one knows when it’s all going to end. This is primarily because there is a high impact second spike anticipated which could hit at any time, but …

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Life Cancelled: Planning a Ski Holiday to Cope with the Disappointments of Lockdown

Family skiing is easier than you'd think

How to make up for a cancelled ski holiday I wasn’t supposed to be writing this blog post today. Right now, in a different world, I should be cruising down a perfectly groomed alpine piste, revelling in glorious April ski weather, and looking forward to fondue with a couple of beers this evening. This Easter holiday was the one where we would finally do a ski holiday with no holds barred. We’d saved up, and looked forward to it for a few years. We had the apartment with the hot tub, the plush one where no-one was sleeping on a …

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How to Avoid Moving Company Scams

The average American moves at least eleven times in their lifetime.  That’s a lot of transporting possessions and changing addresses. To make things easier on themselves, a lot of Americans resort to moving companies to take the stress off their shoulders. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always do the trick. A lot of moving companies are discovered to run scams, or dirty tricks, on innocent people.  Although not all moving companies are this terrible, it’s essential to keep an eye out for them.  Here are a few of the possible scams they’ll try- and how to avoid them.   Sight-Unseen Estimate You …

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