Does my teenager have a gaming addiction? Cyber security expert reveals the warning signs
Unhealthy gaming habits are becoming more prevalent in our children to the extent that the World Health Organization has classed gaming addiction as a disorder. While playing games can be educational and improve hand-eye coordination, excessive gaming, or I nternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) can severely...
Your children moving to university marks the end of an era and the beginning of their independence. While your kids might be ready to go, you might be feeling a bit nervous about them taking on the world by themselves.
These feelings are understandable. One minute you’re ironing their school uniform, the next they’re adults, with a suitcase full of clothes moving onto a new stage of...
Families will receive targeted support to improve school attendance with new advice and innovative interventions for schools this term.
Schools are being advised to work in partnership with councils and consider targeted family support or home visits where there are barriers to attending school.
This is part of a package of new and innovative measures to ensure that more children are...
As summer holidays are nearing an end, parents are being provided with useful tips to help get the kids back into a bedtime routine before term time begins. The fitted bedroom experts at Online-Bedrooms.co.uk have explored easy-to-follow ways to get the children to get back into a reasonable sleeping pattern. With schools closed and the evenings getting brighter, sleeping routines are all...
Hamish McPhillips, Head of Car Safety at Silver Cross and dad of two, gives his tips for stress free car travel
Google searches for “family road trip tips” up 100% year on year as families look to getaway
The summer holidays can be a busy time for parents, and it’s when most families get to go on holiday. Google search data has shown searches for “family road...
It was a long hot summer and here we are again – time to get ready for the Back To School routine. Thankfully, Yoto, the audio platform for kids behind the critically acclaimed and award-winning, screen-free Yoto Player, and Yoto Mini, is here to help.
YOTO HELPS KIDS PREPARE FOR THE CLASSROOM
Kids enjoy the all-too-rare freedom to choose what they want to do. And true...
Summer is a wonderful season, with longer days offering up more time as a family to create fun and sun-soaked memories. However, when the evening falls and bedtime comes around it can be difficult to get the kids down.
With the sun still shining and heatwaves making it too hot to tuck little one’s in, summertime can be difficult for many kids as they struggle to get settled for a...
Childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish advises parents and professionals on how a young person may feel on their results day after somebody close to them has died, and what they can do to prepare, support and understand them.
With statistics showing 1 in 20 people have experienced the death of a parent by the age of 16 and another survey indicating 78% have been bereaved of a...
