Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
“Mum, how do I cook a chicken”: Navigating the Shifted Nest.
Harriet Inglis, Head of Practice for Counselling at Relationships Scotland, has reflected on her time navigating the transition of her eldest son moving away to university and the effect it has had on her own life and responsibilities. My son is now well into his 1st year of university, and we have both settled and…
Read MoreParenthood: How young is too young?
With the recent media coverage of the adoption of a baby by Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, in which the relatively young age of the couple was questioned, it sparks a debate around what age is too young to become a family, whether naturally or by adoption. It is worth noting that the couple…
Read MoreThe Power of Community
When we identify in ourselves that our mental health is suffering, some of us might choose to hide away. We can find we are sleeping more, want to do less and sometimes feel we don’t have anything to offer others in terms of conversation or companionship. The Mental Health Foundation’s focus for this week is…
Read MoreConsidering the child’s view in mediation
Many of us may remember times when children were expected to be seen and not heard. Children were expected to do as they were told and were simply not asked for their opinions. Decisions about them were made without consultation. Nothing could be further from current thinking. Thirty years ago, the concept of “custody” was…
Read MoreLearning from MIAMs in England and making it work in Scotland
Rosanne Cubitt, Mediator and Head of Professional Practice (Mediation) Relationships Scotland is calling for more families to be made aware of mediation as an alternate route to court action and, off the back of our manifesto, we are asking for a change to the current law to make this happen We are encouraged by the…
Read MoreWhy I’ll buy my own mother’s day gift this year
Guest blog post from Claire McLauchlin-Whitehead on Mother’s Day gift buying. As I scan through page after page of various jewellers websites I get as giddy as a magpie as all the shiny baubles catch my eye. I know I have to place my order soon to make sure I have it for mothering Sunday but I…
Read MoreBeing a mum
As part of our series of guest blog posts for Mother’s Day 2014, Janis McCulloch talks about the best bits of being a new mum. Last Mother’s Day I had a very pregnant belly and was full of wonder (and fear) as to what it would be like to be a mother. A year on,…
Read MoreThings they never told me
Guest post from Janis McCulloch – Senior Account Executive at PPS, Relationships Scotland volunteer and new mum. In April last year I became a mum for the first time. Like most new parents I had attended ante-natal classes which told me what to expect in the first few days and had lots of advice from…
Read MorePaternity Leave Debate: To leave or not to leave, that is the question…
MP Matthew Hancock recently hit the deadlines when he announced that he plans to take two months’ paternity leave following the birth of his third child this summer. The youngest Tory minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mr Hancock readily admitted that his privileged position as an MP, and the happy coincidence…
Read MoreMaureen Smyth: It’s Playtime!
Are you one of the thousands of guilt-tripped parents in the UK reading stories in the press berating you for either working too much and stunting your child’s emotional and intellectual development? Or for taking time off work to raise your children but then having the temerity to claim available benefits (to which you’ve contributed…
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