angelinas's Blog

I'm a little concerned that we don't do enough for the emotional well-being of children in this country. Yesterday I read that rates of self-harm among teenagers are on the rise. Shocking? Not really. Well it is shocking but it’s not surprising. How much pressure can they take? Really? I don’t know about you but I struggle to juggle my daily life. I have a few people to keep happy – the...

Easter was perfect; time away, chilling, eating and egghunting. I miss those days already. I don't miss the huge pile of chocolate we had on the kitchen sideboard at all. The kids steadily worked their way through most of it but I have done a bad thing and chucked the rest away. Bad mother. I got fed up with fighting over 'Cadbury's creme eggs'. I think they are delicious but three in a day is...

So many of us say ‘I just want my children to be happy’ but what are we doing about it? Making sure they are educated, fed and watered and ensuring they have friends and hobbies but these are all external things. How many of us are really equipping our children with resilience, emotional understanding, gratitude, self-love, worth and hope? I think these are important factors for mental...