Articles Tagged: arguments

Tidying kids' rooms: Their job or yours?

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 5, 2012

I have declared my son's bedroom a no go area. It is, I've decided the easiest way to keep my sanity - not to mention my temper – in check. Not to mention exorcising a few ghosts from the enforced bedroom blitzs of my own childhood.

Families at war: Hidden violence and rows that are tearing parents and children apart

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 26, 2012

Britain’s parents are at war with their children – with some mums revealing they have even been beaten up by their kids.

Top tips for travelling with kids

By Ben Hatch, Jan 11, 2012

When Ben Hatch and his wife Dinah were asked to write a guidebook about family travel they imagined spending whole days licking rocket lollies at zoos. They ignored dire friends' warnings about spending five months away with their two small children

How to survive festive battles for stressed out families this Christmas

By Keith Kendrick, Dec 5, 2011

More and more stressed out families are going to have a ding-dong Christmas this year.

Should parents get involved in playground arguments?

By Ceri Roberts, Oct 18, 2011

Playground arguments still seem to unfold in much the same way as they did when we were kids. It all starts with a petty squabble because someone has been pushed off the slide , then there's name calling and childish insults. At this point various mates usually gather round to watch and there's always the risk it could end up with pushing, shoving and hair-pulling. And that's just the mums.

Grandparents despair over parenting skills

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 1, 2011

Grandparents secretly think their grandchildren are badly-disciplined, ill-mannered, disrespectful and treated too leniently, according to a new survey - and their parents are to blame.

Famous celebrity mum fights

By Liz Stansfield, Aug 6, 2011

Forget gushing about motherhood and celebrity play dates in glossy magazines, when it comes to their children, these famous mums are a force to be reckoned with….