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Summer Issue – available now!
09 June 2010 5:53 PM | No CommentsThe summer issue of RELAX Magazine is available now to buy or read online.
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RELAX Magazine – The Autumn/Winter BUMPER ISSUE!
03 August 2010 9:43 AM | No CommentsDid you know that the next printed copy of RELAX will be a bumper issue?! The team behind the magazine and Relax Kids are attending several events towards the end of the year and want to have a great issue to take with them to the...
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Pork Meatballs recipe
03 September 2010 11:38 AM | No CommentsThere is nothing better on a cold day then a plate of spaghetti and meatball in my opinion, I find it real comfort food. I like to pork as its light and lean and it makes a really good meatball. Kids like making these, they...
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Calm, confident kids!
03 September 2010 9:09 AM | No CommentsAccording to some recent research by the Telegraph, more than 40,000 children were expelled last year! Unbelievable! And what’s worse, they are all aged between 4 and 7! And no, they were not all from deprived backgrounds! Such children were said to have been expelled for...
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The Love Drug
03 September 2010 8:46 AM | No CommentsResearch has been released this week that suggests that fathers experience a surge of hormones similar to that of mothers when their child is born. Professor Ruth Feldman, a neuroscientist at Yale and at Bar-Ilan University in Israel states “This seems to be evolution’s way...
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Tips to help you Start a Family Friendly Business
03 September 2010 8:38 AM | No CommentsI started my first business after I had my daughter and found that my old job just didn’t fit with my new life. If you find yourself in the same situation, here are some tips from myself and my co-author Helen Lindop to help you: Decide...
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Puzzling bond for all the family
31 August 2010 10:22 AM | No CommentsThere appears to be little doubt about the educational benefits of jigsaw puzzles – particularly for younger children – but many overlook the incredible social and interactive aspects of participating in a joint ‘venture’ like this regardless of age or ability. Many parents already enjoy lots...
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Parenting Archive
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Calm, confident kids!
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsAccording to some recent research by the Telegraph, more than 40,000 children were expelled last year! Unbelievable! And what’s worse, they are all aged between 4 and 7! And no, they were not all from deprived backgrounds! Such children were said to have been expelled for... -
The Love Drug
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsResearch has been released this week that suggests that fathers experience a surge of hormones similar to that of mothers when their child is born. Professor Ruth Feldman, a neuroscientist at Yale and at Bar-Ilan University in Israel states “This seems to be evolution’s way... -
Tips to help you Start a Family Friendly Business
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsI started my first business after I had my daughter and found that my old job just didn’t fit with my new life. If you find yourself in the same situation, here are some tips from myself and my co-author Helen Lindop to help you: Decide... -
Puzzling bond for all the family
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsThere appears to be little doubt about the educational benefits of jigsaw puzzles – particularly for younger children – but many overlook the incredible social and interactive aspects of participating in a joint ‘venture’ like this regardless of age or ability. Many parents already enjoy lots... -
Back to School
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsBy Joanna Parry Whether your little one is starting a new school or nursery this Autumn or just returning after the long summer break, the first days back can be difficult. Starting school is a major milestone for you and your child and whilst some kids... -
Be Inspired by Todays Youth
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsThis August welcomes International Youth Day, so let’s celebrate what we can learn from our kids! Often the media likes to focus on negative happenings that “kids of today” are involved in. But rather than brandish them all with the same label – We should focus... -
You’re So Sensitive!
Posted on July 30, 2010 | No CommentsSensitivity is a tricky subject because it’s often misunderstood. Sensitive children (and adults) are commonly mislabelled as “shy”, “moody” or “difficult”, while many of the positive attributes of their sensitivity are overlooked. Which is a shame because they have so much to offer when they are taught to nurture their gifts. -
Keeping Teens Busy (and out of trouble) this summer
Posted on July 30, 2010 | No CommentsKeeping your teens occupied. Six in ten parents are worried about the cost of keeping their children busy in the school holidays, a recent survey suggests. And I am sure even more of them are worried about them getting into trouble. By now I can imagine that... -
Quality Family Time
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsWith today’s busy lifestyles, many parents and grandparents want to spend more “quality” time with their children or grandchildren but they worry about how to go about it and what to do. So what is quality time? “Quality time” is time spent doing a simple activity that... -
Single Parent Success
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsKeeping healthy relationships. Children can assess the temperature of our moods with alarming accuracy, no matter what their age. Often the child’s perception that “something is wrong” is quite often more accurate than we realise ourselves. Retaining healthy relationships, wherever possible, will help to reduce the stress...