Tag Archives: parenting

Wot So Funee? How to change your parents

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Helen

Prompted by I’m Counting UFO’s #funee post last week I remembered that actually I had wanted to change my Mummy recently.
I knew I couldn’t, but after I’d doled out all the requisite slander – “You’re the worst Mummy in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Latest Funee Posts, Miscellaneous, Wot So Funee? | Tagged parenting, parents | 13 Comments

My name is GG and I watch TV…

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Helen

Prompted by a thread on Mumsnet this week Mummy got rather mixed up in a debate over the rights and wrongs of watching TV as a child. It seems some bloke has advocated banning TV entirely for the under-3′s. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, News and Media, Parenting | Tagged baby, family, Mumsnet, parenting, reading, tantrum, television | 28 Comments

Guest post from Netmums Author Hollie Smith: Advice for parents on how to deal with friendship issues

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Helen

I have never hosted a guest post before. I’ve had editorial from brands and companies on here occasionally, but I’ve never actually hosted another blogger. And not just any old blogger, either. A proper, bona fide published author-turned-blogger.
I first came … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts | Tagged author, blog, friends, netmums, parenting, writer | 9 Comments

If you give a girl 5 minutes…. Wot So Funee?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Helen

If you give a girl 5 minutes she could:

Make a new potion for her “potion club” …… using bubble bath, soap, toothpaste, lipgloss, body glitter …. and nail polish
Clean up the sink with toilet paper….. and try to wash the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Wot So Funee? | Tagged funny, parenting | 3 Comments

A short story about self-harm

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Helen

There was once a little girl with a temper. A bit like the girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead. She was helpful, kind (if a bit bossy), mature, supportive, funny and clever. She was an incredibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Parenting | Tagged parenting, reading, school, tantrum, temper, writing | 85 Comments

How children learn to read and write at school

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Helen

I wrote a post recently about my loquaciousness and use of intricate words, and the irony of the fact that I don’t always know how to replicate them appropriately in my writing at school. I sailed through my reading bo0ks … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Miscellaneous | Tagged books, Daddy, Mummy, parenting, reading, school, writing | 15 Comments

Sunday Funny! #SunFun

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Helen

It’s Sunday! And it’s funny! It’s #SunFun! I am super-excited; I have been writing Wot So Funee? for a while now, and rest-assured that most of my #SunFuns will continue along those lines, but for this week I wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged funny, parenting | 10 Comments

How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Kids

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Helen

So. Here we are. New Years Eve. You have downgraded year-on-year from wild parties and Capital city fireworks, to champagne and canapes at home. You no longer celebrate with alpine ski breaks, and there was even one, dismal New Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Parenting, Things to do | Tagged age, family, parenting, party games | 11 Comments

Wot So Funee? 7 Where Do Babies Come From?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Helen

A while ago we had one of those conversations with Mummy. Being a brother and sister combo we are well-aware of the differences between boys and girls. Girls are in charge, boys must learn to do as they’re told. Oh, … Continue reading →

Posted in Memes, Miscellaneous, Wot So Funee? | Tagged boys, facts of life, funny, parenting | 27 Comments

Should I Support Ipswich or Chelsea?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Helen

I don’t know if any of you are football fans, but a subject which often comes up in our house is which team the Bug and me should support. Daddy’s home team is Ipswich, but since these days we live … Continue reading →