Parenting in general Reviews

When I left school I worked hard and qualified as a registered nurse. I was very proud to become one of the youngest district nurses in the borough, I continued to work hard and was able to gain further recognition when I gained another qualification in counselling. When I had my first child at the age of 25 all the importance of ...  Read the complete review

Parenting is the one job when you can within the space of an hour laugh, cry, be proud and frustrated. I always wanted to be a mother but also under the right circumstances and as a result did not become a parent until I was thirty six years old. From the minute I found out I was pregnant it changed my life for the better. I ...  Read the complete review

From a young age I have always wanted a family. I decided to start trying for a baby at 18 after I was told due to health problems that I was unable to have children. I thought my world had ended and was put on the IVF waiting list. I was shocked that I conceived naturally when I was 21. I was so overjoyed to become a mum and I had no ...  Read the complete review

I was 25 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child and I believed I was still too young and wasn't even sure I wanted children, I had not planned to get pregnant and it was a massive surprise when I found out. However I was pregnant and I was in the position of being able to provide a nice house and a stable loving ...  Read the complete review

I'm the mother of two children, a 15 year old girl and a 2 -nearly 3- year old boy. They both have different fathers, both of which have no interest in them. I love my children more than anything and would honestly give my life for them. I don't think you know what love is until you have children, I know I didn't. I had my daughter ...  Read the complete review

I think I speak for most parents here when I say - children change your life forever, but you still love them to bits (most of the time). They can drive you to the point of insanity, make you cry with laughter, make you cry with fear or worry, make you angry until you think you might spontaneously combust - but you wouldn't change them ...  Read the complete review

I am a father and have a one year old son. I think the whole parneting issue is deep down and honest extremley hard. Although I would never change it for the world. When I see my son go through different stages of life from turning on his side to crawling then progressing to walking and talking his first words and his first tooth. It all just puts ...  Read the complete review

I am a parent and I am so proud I want to shout out about my childrens achievments tell everyone about their little sayings and little ways. Yes it is wonderfull I hear you agree well a lot of the time but then there are the times when resentment of Daddy becomes uncontrolable! As I recentally advised my Husband after another 3am ...  Read the complete review

When people first asked me if I wanted to have kids, I always said I wasn't bothered either way. Not that I didn't want kids, just that I didn't have an opinion! If Mrs.Sparky didn't want to have children, then that was fine with me but if she said she did want to get pregnant, that would not have been a deal-breaker either. I was happy whatever ...  Read the complete review

Well, here goes my out take on parenting. I knew I was pregnant before I had even missed a period; my little boy was in no way planned an 'accident' as some might call it, but I had this feeling the week running up to when I was due and knew straight away. When the doctor confirmed my suspicions 2 weeks after my 21st birthday that I was actually ...  Read the complete review

In the early part of 2005 I found myself stood in the kitchen eating pickled onions and once the whole jar was empty I had the first notion that perhaps I should take a pregnancy test. Not one solitary onion remained in the brand new jar. That moment heralded the beginning of the biggest change in my life. From childhood to adulthood ...  Read the complete review

This is quite a long review (almost 4300 words!) as I feel it's important to give all the details. Please feel free to scan through to the information you will personally find helpful. Everyone finds different things helpful though so I didn't want to leave anything out!! For those of you that don't know what positive parenting is, it ...  Read the complete review

There had been 17 reported cases of young people around the Bridgend area of South Wales taking their own lives, in just over a year. I'm not sure if this number can be considered an epidemic - the police emphatically deny that this is the case, although some members of the community involved would argue that clearly it is. Epidemic or not, it is ...  Read the complete review

Hi, My first experience of parenthood was when I was seven, I was surrogate mum for my youngest brother, my mum had a really difficult pregnancy and had to have a cesarean which made it hard for her to bond with my brother and with five other children it was very difficult. The problems started after my mum came back from hospital ...  Read the complete review

It's been a bit of a busy year for me so far with three big firsts in my life; buying a house, getting married and having a baby. All big steps with, obviously, the last being the biggest. Baby is due at the end of June and we've been told it's a girl. I'm quite old for a first time mum, at 38, and it's been an up and down experience. Now I have ...  Read the complete review

this is a short review as i can only use one hand! baby is in other. I had a lad, thomas on 3/5/07 at 19.56pm he weighed 7lb 12 oz and i was in labour for 11hrs after being induced. i had an epidural and there was a panic just before i delivered so they tried ventuse which popped off his head an flew across the room, in the end they ...  Read the complete review

You’ve Got To Have Been Bad To Know Bad. Being a dad. Ok . Being a dad. Fabulous. If you are reading this, you’ll probably be thinking that being a dad is a cornucopia of family bliss. Yes? Sorry, but no, it’s not. Be under no illusion, to be a dad is to be a Homer Simpson. You are not perfect. If you ...  Read the complete review

I am not a saint or a prefect parent and my children are no angels. Everyday they probably drive me crazy by fighting, moaning at each other or doing something or other. Sometimes i wish i had a button to turn them off but i would not change that for the world. Why? Because while they play me up they are angels in society. ...  Read the complete review

i would have liked to put this reveiw in the teen pregnancy section, but i didnt realise you could only put one review in each section. i recently read a very interesting article with a lot of good points to make in the practising midwife journal. it highlights all the reasons why teen pregnancy may actually be a good thing ...  Read the complete review

*Stands up* My name is Emma and I have a problem *applause* My problem is two children *More applause* Well done! I’ve admitted that I have a problem; in my case those problems happen to be my two children. Despite appearances,, no household with children looks anything like the ...  Read the complete review