Yesterday we wrote how Baroness Sally Morgan, Defra Chief and advisor for the charity ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), pushed for schools to provide a formal education for 2-year-olds. Many people feel that this is unnecessary, possibly damaging, and yet another attempt to chip away at the family unit. Spare a thought for the three-year-olds… Read More
Sometimes, my older children drive me bonkers. They frustrate me, they infuriate me and they really, really drive me me up the wall. You’d think parenting might get easier the older they get, but this isn’t always the case. Why do I get so upset with them? Because they tend to forget… Read More
It’s no secret that I am stubborn and opinionated. I have a thought on everything. Sometimes I air it. Sometimes I don’t. Most of the time Mike and I put the world to rights ourselves. Sometimes I’ll offload here. When I watched the final edit of 16 Kids and Counting I was a… Read More
This time last week I was nervously anticipating the airing of our first episode of 16 Kids and Counting. I had prepared myself to defend our decisions – our decision to have a large family, our decision to work for ourselves, our decision to become as self-sufficient as possible and our decision… Read More
Last week turned to be quite a stressful one thanks to one thing or another. The minibus, on which we are relying to take us on our Big Family Road Trip next month has failed its MOT on several points. We have no idea how much it is going to cost to get… Read More
With Christmas already seeming much longer ago than it actually was, and with the New Year already underway it’s time to get back to normality. We are now in our third week of experiencing various bugs and ailments which began, right on cue, just before Christmas with Paddy throwing up everywhere. We… Read More