Family

These days, most of our kids and teens will spend a lot of their free time on the internet. This can be at school but also at home; playing games, watching movies or chatting with friends via social media. Whilst this may give hard working parents will some welcome reprieve from being nagged at, it can also easily become a potential problem if left unchecked.   Firstly let’s consider the dangers of spending too much time online. Research has shown that spending too much time online poses health risks such as high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, obesity and increased chance …

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This is a sort of rewind post. It begins with the day we decided we were going to do this – move to Los Angeles, USA. A big decision. A brave decision (I was told by so many) In truth, they probably though I had lost my mind. To give up everything and start again? With 3 children in tow? It meant looking for work, looking for schools and the whole hog…In a new country! The children were not to happy to move – obviously. They were going to miss their friends. I was going to miss all MY friends …

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I’m a firm believer in making every moment count as I feel life is too short. When I was asked to take part in the Every Moment counts challenge with Families Online, I knew that I had to. In my opinion, it doesn’t matter that you don’t achieve great things every day but if you have put a smile on someone’s face in any little way, then you have made a moment count. We were asked to capture moments with a set theme so here are mine – Day 1 – Together One of my favourite photos of all time. …

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