The Real Reason Your Kids Can’t Focus - And How to Fix It Without Screens or Shouting If your child can't sit still, concentrate on lessons, or finish the simplest task without distraction, you’re not alone. Here's how to support better focus naturally, without resorting to screen-time bribes or stress-fuelled shouting. Published: 20 May 2025 Is…

Trying to home educate with a toddler on your leg, a baby on your hip and a big kid mid-meltdown? This isn’t a dream routine - it’s a survival guide with heart, humour and real solutions. Let’s Set the Scene One child wants to debate the solar system. Another’s just smeared yoghurt into your bra. The…

Tech-Free Childhood in a Neurodivergent Home: A Gentle, Realistic Guide for 2025 Screens can feel like a lifeline—and sometimes a lifeboat. If you’re parenting neurodivergent children, here’s how to explore tech-light living without shame, struggle, or sudden changes. The first time I tried to cut screens, it backfired. Tears. Shouting. A total shutdown. And that was…

Turns out, not all learning needs to happen before lunch. Who knew?For years, I tried to be the mum who starts homeschool at 9am sharp. Whiteboard ready. Pencils sharpened. Children miraculously eager and dressed. Spoiler: they weren’t. I wasn’t either.Mornings in our house felt like an Olympic sport - and I was failing every heat.…

🌸 What Is Gentle Learning? (And Why It Might Just Save Your Sanity at Home) Home education sounds so wholesome, doesn’t it? Picture it: fresh notebooks, curious little faces, a world of discovery laid out on the kitchen table. Now... reality check: someone’s crying, someone’s colouring the cat, and someone’s Googling "is it okay if…

I didn’t plan to home educate. Not at first. I didn’t set out to create a “method” or design a new philosophy. I just reached a breaking point - and then I listened to my gut. Because honestly? The pressure on kids these days is unreal. They’re expected to learn at the same pace, in the…

Because you didn’t sign up to be a teacher, chef, referee and emotional life coach before 9am every day. So, you’ve decided to educate your kids at home. Gold star. But now the chaos has arrived in a tiara, demanding toast cut into triangles, and reciting facts about volcanoes while you’re still trying to brush your…

Home Education in the UK (2025): What You Actually Need to Know Now Updated April 2025 If you’re reading this with a slightly panicked cuppa in one hand and Google search tabs open in the other — breathe. Home educating in the UK can feel like walking…