I'm glad I've struck a chord with many parents on soundbite parenting....
I hope you had a wonderful weekend and managed to fit in some R & R! I saw Argo Sunday evening and Ben Affleck told a gripping story and directed a fantastic cast including himself. Definitely recommend it for a taut and tense evening at the cinema.
But going back to Friday it was lovely talking to Vanessa Feltz on Friday on her BBC radio London programme about soundbite parenting and I've now had a surprising numbers of e-mails about it.
I'm glad have struck a chord with parents [like myself] who need to think about having actual conversations with their children. It's far too easy to have their soundbites as I explained in the Telegraph newspaper last week.
TODAY’S TIP: one of the easiest ways to make sure you get a conversation in is to have one over a meal! We don't share enough meals as families anymore so make sure you all sit down and talk about what you've been up to.
Even if you've got teens in your family you should have a couple meals together a week minimum. No matter how much they're naturally pulling away from you as parents they still need you.
We forget the ‘basics’ of relationships and communication when we’re torn in so many directions 24/7 the way we live.
Happy Monday, Pamx