Meet Karen and Georgia

Sibling Rivalry Talk at UBS (Investment Bank) – 15 July, 2010

Sibling rivalry can be particularly frustrating for working parents. After a long day at the office, no-one wants to come home to find their children whinging and bickering. When time is short, parents need quick, effective strategies to stop fights and stop resentment building up. This was our brief for a well attended lunchtime talk [...]

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Healthy Eating talk at Bowes Primary School

Karen and Georgia at Bowes Primary School

From the outside, Bowes looks like an ordinary red brick state primary school. But a delightful surprise awaited us on the inside. Full of plants and pictures, the school was buzzing with energy, and Lyn Hobbs, the Parent Support Advisor, was truly inspiring. With the help of some Lottery money, Lyn has spent a year [...]

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Brighton Baby Expo – Sunday 27 June, 2010

“Sibling rivalry can start the day your second baby is born. So what do you do when your toddler pokes the little one’s face, or demands you put her in the dustbin? And when you’re already overstretched, how can you make sure that both children get the love and attention as they need? We addressed [...]

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Talk by Karen at Citigroup Plaza – 17 November, 2009

I spent a wonderful afternoon at Citigroup Plaza, Citi’s headquarters in London. Nearly a hundred bankers attended my talk, and it was broadcast to listeners in their offices all around Europe. The most amazing thing was the view from the conference room. I was a little concerned I’d find it distracting, but luckily the blinds [...]

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St Paul’s Girls’ School – 16 October 2009

We gave our world premiere talk to teenagers at St Paul’s Girls’ School in London. As Karen’s daughter is there, she knows it well, but for Georgia it was a blast from the past, as she is an old Paulina (and couldn’t believe how much has changed). We had great fun, because the sixth form [...]

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Merchant Taylors’ School – 7 October, 2009

If you’re ever invited to Merchant Taylors’ School in Liverpool, we suggest you accept! As it’s a big school, we gave two talks on Seven Simple Ways to be a Better Parent, one just after lunch and one in the evening. We were treated like queens for a day by the lovely PTA Chair, Joanne [...]

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IAPS Conference – 24 September, 2009

We were invited to Jersey to talk to 350 prep school heads at the Independent Associated Prep Schools Conference (IAPS), on managing parents. The idea of talking to a huge hall, full of prep school heads was daunting, but they were all so incredibly kind and welcoming that we enjoyed ourselves enormously. The requests for [...]

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Karen and Georgia at Daylesford Farmshop, Gloucestershire

There was a small miracle at our talk at the Daylesford Farmshop in Gloucestershire in June. We were all in a Pavilion, originally designed for the Chelsea Flower show, in the middle of the sensational kitchen garden. The talk was about encouraging children to enjoy healthy food, and one mother had brought her three year [...]

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Meet Karen and Georgia – updated autumn dates 2009

Here’s an updated list of all our autumn 2009 talks, workshops, signings and special events. We’ll also be selling signed copies of our books at a discounted price. Saturday, 19 September, 2009 2pm tbc Celebrating 30 Years of Women at Magdalen Magdalen College Oxford, OX1 4AU Title: 7 Simple Ways to be a Better Parent [...]

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Karen and Georgia at Oxfordshire Children’s Food Festival 2009

We had a fantastic weekend at the Oxfordshire Children’s Food Festival, 28-29th June 2009. We were the comperes of the Q and A tent, which was shaped like a tepee, with straw bales for seating. This is our hot tip for next year. Take your children, to this fantastic free event, full of brilliant things [...]

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