Do I miss anything about parenting? NO. Seriously, I miss nothing about it, let me tell you why. My time as a parent has come to an en...

Money can't buy an education.....it can pay for a child to be educated, but it can't be used to buy higher grades. Our youngest ch...

I left home at 17 and moved into a flat share with a friend, attending college and working part time in the local supermarket in the town wh...

Child 4 was the last to leave home in 2014, he was almost 20 and had been the last child at home for almost a year after child 5 returned to...

I doubt there are many parents who are fully prepared for their youngest child to finish school and leave home. For us, our youngest child ...

This is our favourite picture of all 5 of our children. 4 boys and 1 girl. It was taken in 2002 on the last family holiday all 7 of us ...

Certainly not a lot of the ones I read anyway. I shock people sometimes with my honesty, I blog about real events, how it affects us as a ...

My 16 year old son has been home for 2 weeks for his Easter Holidays. You can read here about whether he is at home or on holiday here . A...

Well I thought my heart would break when my 14 year old left home to return to boarding school in the UK last August after having him at hom...

This post was written as an article a few months ago. Today is the day my last child boards a plane for the UK and leaves home, '...

How many times have you just wished you could have 5 minutes peace and quiet? 5 minutes in the bath without the kids knocking on the door wa...

I've been tagged by @kateonthinice the founder of #groovymums over at http://kateonthinice.wordpress.com/ to blog about What mother'...

On Twitter, Facebook, Mumsnet and Britmums there’s lots of talk about ‘My Child’s first day at school.’ Some are coping, some are relieved a...