family life

Slow down and reclaim time to enjoy your family

58 posts from family life

Row of young people sitting on a wooden bridge over a lake in the sunshine

June 25, 2024 by katehodges in teenagers

Your Guide to Digital Wellbeing for Teenagers

If you make the phone important it becomes this totemic object. So talk about the behaviour you want to see, not the behaviour you don’t...

Photograph of three children, standing in a wildflower meadow with their arms raising to the sky

June 21, 2024 by lucycorkhill in seasonal celebration

Happy Solstice! 10 Ways to Celebrate

You can create your own Summer Solstice celebration with friends and family at home, here are 10 ways to mark this magical time

May 18, 2024 by thegreenparent in travel

The Green Parent Family Travel Awards 2024

From cosy off-grid glamping spots to spacious self-catering barns - the last word in eco luxury, there’s something here for everyone

May 16, 2024 by melissacorkhill in editors choice

The Secret Ingredient in my Power Breakfast!

This week I’ve been mainly creating the new website – lots of 5am starts and late nights so my youngest and I can do our home education thing in the daytime.

Photograph of a mother in the woods, with her daughter on her shoulders, arms raised and looking happy

May 10, 2024 by melissacorkhill in editors choice

Welcome to Your New Parenting Haven!

All about our brand new website and what's in store for you inside. No more Googling at 3am and coming up with conflicting advice!

Photograph of a laughing child with her father; he is holding her up in the air, they're on a path through the trees

Paid-members May 6, 2024 by thegreenparent in babies

In Praise of Full-Time Dads

Sharing the childcare equally with my partner seemed fair and meant that we would both get to bond with our daughter and get to see those wonderful baby and toddler years.