Technology and kids

When Amazon asked me to take a look at the Amazon Fire Tablet their timing could not have been more perfect.  Mini broke his wrist playing football on his last day of primary school!  This has proven something of a challenge for my sporty kid who normally plays football and cricket during the summer and […]

I am a DisneyLife Brand Ambassador and this post was created in partnership with DisneyLife who have provided me with a free 12 month DisneyLife subscription. I have made no secret of the fact that we love Disney here in The Mad House and we also love our tech here too, which is why we are

Yes, you read that right, a parental control app that my boys hate and this is a GOOD thing.  Really it is! Something that my children do not like and I am going to rave about it…… Want to know more?

As a parent, you want to make sure that your children only access age-appropriate apps and information on their tablets.  The fact that my boys are now 10 and 11 and use tablets for homework and are sometimes left to use them independently means that I want to try and ensure that they are not accessing

Encouraging your hypersensitive child to brush their teeth can be a real battle.  I should know I have one!  Mini finds toothbrushing really uncomfortable and we have tried lots of things to encourage him to brush his teeth.  This post is in partnership with Playbrush, which aims to make brushing fun.

We are huge fans of family movie nights and have been waiting patiently to download The Secret Life of Pets so we could watch it as a family, Alvin included!  So here are our top tips on how to download movies and makie movie night fun for all the family (including any pets)!

Let’s talk cars.  Believe it or not I only actually learned to drive when pregnant with Mini who is ten.  Since then I have had three cars, each and every one of them French! I started off with a Peugeot 307 estate, then moved on to a Renault Grand Scenic and then downsized to a Citroën C3, which

Anyone that knows me will contest the fact that I am an introvert.  As much as I love my family and the noise and joy that brings, I need my solitude too and in a world of noise, be that digital and sensory sound it can be really hard to find moments of quiet in