The Semi-Detached Parent

The Semi-Detached Parent: Letting go

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Feb 1, 2012

A friend has started to allow her little boy to go to school on his own. He is just nine, and, admittedly, she watches him from their gate as he walks to the top of the road

The Semi-Detached Parent: What would Oprah do?

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 23, 2012

So, you know how much I love a self-help book (you don't? I've written about it before, here).

The Semi-Detached Parent: Out with the old

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 18, 2012

I got rid of my son's cot today. The fact it had been broken down into component form - various pieces of solid wood ends and ladder like sides - made it slightly easier; it didn't represent quite so much, lying their in pieces.

The Semi-Detached Parent: New Year's Resolutions

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 9, 2012

Every year for probably the past twenty (maybe more) I have made the same resolutions – lose half a stone, finish my novel, go to bed earlier, get more exercise.

The Semi-Detached Parent: So how was it for you?

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 2, 2012

I've already 'fessed up that I was terrified of what this Christmas might bring: from access arrangements to festive decorating

The Semi-Detached Parent: Help, my child bores me

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Dec 19, 2011

As much as I love my son, I have to admit, he sometimes bores me.

The Semi-Detached Parent: It's wonky, and it's my Christmas tree

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Dec 7, 2011

I learned this week that five-feet two-inch tall single mums struggle to purchase six-foot Christmas trees. But they CAN do it.

The Semi-Detached Parent: Sharing access over Christmas

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 28, 2011

Christmas is coming and the Semi-Detached Parent is getting stressed. LAST Christmas I spent every teeth-clenched, nails-in-palm moment telling myself that NEXT year the festive period would be FINE

The Semi-Detached Parent: 20 reasons why I am STILL single

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 20, 2011

I told a friend how my dog sleeps in my (OUR) bed, adding "this is why I am still single."

The Semi-Detached Parent: Family glue

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 11, 2011

Do you think more couples would stay together if they were TAUGHT how to have a good relationship?

The Semi-Detached Parent: Trying very hard not to SHOUT at my ex

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 4, 2011

So I have been reading that book and trying very hard to be a good separated parent.

The Semi-Detached Parent: self-help books and the 5 Cs

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 25, 2011

I do love a self-help book. Not because I read them from cover to cover, gulping down the advice and acting on it, but because they make you explore ideas. Mull over stuff you'd usually dismiss as pop-psych clap-trap.