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Toddler Yell Bowl Hack: Viral Trick to Calm Meltdowns with Pipe Cleaners
The "Toddler Yell Bowl" hack is sweeping UK mums - turn screaming fits into giggles with pipe cleaners and cling film. We tested it so you don’t have to.Summer tantrums? Toddlers testing every boundary? One clever mum's Instagram reel went viral after showing how placing colored pipe-cleaner spirals over a cling‑wrapped bowl lets kids "yell…

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A focused teenage girl studying at a desk in a well-lit room with plants, embodying the dedication and concentration often seen in home-educated tweens.

What No One Tells You About Home Educating Tweens

Because the eye rolls are real, the questions are deeper, and the snack demands never stop. The Tween Shift No One Prepares You For One day, you’re knee-deep in phonics and Play-Doh. The next, you’re navigating existential questions over toast and trying to explain algebra while your child stares at you like you’ve got three heads.…

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Calm British mum speaking gently to her tween daughters in a hallway before leaving the house.

How to Actually Get Your Kids to Listen Without Yelling

I have said "put your shoes on" at least 700 times this week. And yet... silence. Blank stares. A sudden inability to hear my voice unless snacks are involved. Getting kids to listen without shouting is basically the gold standard of parenting. But it is possible. Not perfect, but possible. Here is what works, what flops,…

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Parenting tweens UK

What I’m Still Learning as a Mum of Tweens

What I Am Still Learning as a Mum of Tweens I thought the hard part was the newborn stage. The nappies. The night feeds. The chaos. But here I am, parenting two funny fierce complex girls and realising… I am still learning. Every single day. Motherhood did not stop evolving when they learned to tie their…

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mum burnout

What Happens When Mums Burn Out?

What Happens When Mums Burn Out? There is tired. And then there is burnt toast, blank stare, please do not ask me anything ever again tired. If you are a mum in 2025, you probably know the difference. Mum burnout is not about being dramatic. It is what happens when you keep giving, showing up, pushing through…

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