Self Care for Parents
There’s few times in life when we’re pushed way outside our normal comfort zone and this can impact our ability to cope - especially if it’s for months on end. Self care is important for all of us during times of prolonged stress, but it’s even more crucial for parents. Parenthood involves giving out all day, every day and taking responsibility for the welfare of one or more little people who depend on us to be OK.
6 Ways COVID-19 is Affecting Relationships
Nine ways to plan for your first Christmas with baby.
While the festive period is a unique time of year for most families, whether an extended family, blended family or a single parent family, if you’re a brand new parent of a newborn or even an 11 month old, this is your first Christmas together as a family of three so it’s going to be an extra special holiday. You’ll want it to be memorable for all the right reasons – and that has a lot to do with your expectations.
Couples at Christmas: Long distance relationships
Relationships come in all different shapes and sizes – and sizes, for some couples, includes the travelling distance between them!
Though some couples (even with families) manage to have happy, fulfilling permanent long-distance relationships, on the whole, long distance circumstances when you’re planning a family or have young children are due to commitments one or other of you have elsewhere. This could be due to shift work, work in remote locations, study, deployment, caring for elderly or ill parents or any other of the myriad of factors families live with.
So, how can you make long distance work as a couple and as a family at any time, not just during the holidays?
