The Cityparents Blog

As I write, the world around us is changing daily, and we’re all navigating a new, very insular and yet much more intense daily life. Things have been changing so fast. In what feels almos... Read More

How do you ensure an anxious child follows a healthy diet? And what if the anxiety is related to food itself? These are the questions that I have had to ask myself in the past few years, since my son... Read More

Like me, I suspect you’ve hitched a ride on the coronavirus pendulum recently – swinging between complacency and obsessive panic, before balancing out somewhere in the region of business ... Read More

“Home-school”: enough to chill the heart of many working parents and, until recently, two words that had rarely entered my mind as potentially one day being relevant to my world.   ... Read More

“Boys don’t like unicorns mum, they’re for girls.” “WHAT??!!” I scream internally. “I see…” I actually say “…and of ... Read More

When I returned to work after maternity leave, we decided to get a cleaner for our house. Today I will tell you how employing cleaners not only made me a better cleaner but changed my entire per... Read More

In the olden days I used to exercise a lot and to a reasonably high standard, swimming as a kid then rowing at uni.  I took it for granted, but I now think it was why I never got stressed about ... Read More

So, we’ve got through January. I am one of those people who actually likes the reflection and resolutions that the first month of the year brings.  After December’s hectic combinatio... Read More

My life seems to be made up of “threes” recently.   Most of you probably know my personal story to date from a previous blog, I’ve got cancer and so far have had 5.5 weeks... Read More

And the Christmas clock is ticking. This year, I find myself feeling incredibly disorganised. The in- and out-of-school commitments seem to multiply as the kids get older – Christmas production... Read More

Is anybody else buckling under the pressure of Christmas expectations? A flurry of demands that start to simmer around October, when the days get shorter and colder and the shops are poised on the st... Read More

Hey ho, hey ho, it’s into Advent we go! The Christmas countdown is certainly apace. We’ve started scanning Amazon for present ideas and refining our story ahead of the annual inquisition ... Read More

I know it’s an uncomfortable topic which is not often talked about – that’s why I want to write about it. I attended an event hosted by Aviva last week (thank you) and realised how ... Read More

I check my phone and see an email from school. The sort of email every working parent dreads. “Sorry for the short notice..” it begins, and things don’t get better from there. It is... Read More