Parents should keep children well away from social media
I STILL have the Woolworths’ receipt for my eldest daughter’s first mobile phone. I promised she could have one when she started secondary school and honoured that.
Helen Mead is a mother and journalist from York, who puts herself in a hectic spin as she tries to make sense of life.
Helen Mead is a mother and journalist from York, who puts herself in a hectic spin as she tries to make sense of life.
I STILL have the Woolworths’ receipt for my eldest daughter’s first mobile phone. I promised she could have one when she started secondary school and honoured that.
CHAIRS, tables, pictures, books, tea pots, cutlery, even wooden spoons - there’s a memory linked to everything.
I THINK I need to resurrect a daily ritual I haven’t performed for at least three decades.
SOMETIMES, or, more truthfully, often, you read a news item that fills you with horror.
I LOVE cats. Due to family circumstances, I don’t have one at present, but I have been a cat owner for most of my life.
WHEN I was a child playing at a friend’s house in the North Yorkshire village where I grew up, a visitor arrived.
IF YOU want to get the most from keeping fit, don’t exercise with your partner.
I WAS interested to read about a study suggesting why children dislike vegetables. Researchers from Birmingham’s Aston University found that that parents’ facial expressions may be to blame.
JANUARY is an odd month. We celebrate its arrival on a grand scale, throwing parties, letting off fireworks and carousing until the small hours.
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