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Acorn Nursery School, London W11 – 1 March 2011

Acorn Nursery School

The Acorn Nursery School is one of my favourite places in the world. All of my children and most of Karen’s were lucky enough to go there, and we couldn’t have been happier to get an invitation to go back to do a talk. Unlike many schools, the Acorn welcomes parents with open arms and [...]

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Winterfold House School, Worcestershire – 7 October 2010

Winterfold House School, Worcestershire - 7 October 2010

Bill Ibbetson-Price, the headmaster of Winterfold school is an exceptionally nice man and full of energy and enthusiasm, (ex-army and a former county Rugby player, he was known as Action Man at his last school.) Before the talk, he kindly invited us to a delicious dinner with his wife Linda, two deputy head teachers and [...]

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

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

Karen and Georgia at Brighton Baby Expo

“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

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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