Posts by Swimmyswim

Hurray!   It was science books with my 2 too.  And the Beano!

What do you get out of your relationship with him?  Is it a happy relationship?  Is he worth your time and effort?  

Hi  Great question.  Good luck with the degree.   I don't think we can make decisions about what 'normal' childhood activities are based on our own experiences.  'Normal' is subjective.   I would need a...

We're new to unschooling but I thought I'd outline a fairly typical day for us.  Our kids are 5 and 9.   The kids are going to bed later and sleeping later since we don't have a set time to get up.  But we're...

I have ADHD.  I had a nightmare childhood and have had a very difficult adult life.  I only began on concerta a year ago.  I am now applying for a PhD.  Knowing and understanding my ADHD has literally completely...

Our youngest learnt how to undo his belt and climb out of his seat at just turned 2.  A telling off and a warning of how dangerous what he'd done was didn't have any effect and the second time he did it we were on our way to a...

So interesting to read everyone's opinions on this.   We cosleep still with our 5 year old and our 9 year old comes into our bed sometimes too if he's poorly or struggling with insomnia.     It never occurred to...

Thanks!  I understand caching now.  I don't have any of those things but my friend gave me an old phone recently which may be useful.  I'll try to find out - I haven't worked out how to use it yet being one of the only...

Thanks everyone.  Some good ideas.   A trampette is a small trampoline with less 'bounce'.  They're really for adults but we don't have room for anything bigger and the kids are used to not being able to jump very...

Hi!   We're in England.  I live with my husband and our 9 year old and 5 year old boys.     The eldest came out of school 3 months ago after flexi-schooling for a while and being generally unhappy with his...