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Not A Frumpy Mum August 23, 2019

3 Tips for Choosing the Right School for Your Child

Disclosure: This is a collaborative post. Choosing the right school for your child can feel like amassive responsibility and can be a stressful experience for parents. There are so many considerations such as location, facilities and school inspection results. To help relieve some of the pressure involved in choosing the right school for your child, St Hilda’s in Harpenden have put together these three helpful tips… 1. Start your search for the right school by making a list of what is most important to both you and your child. It is vitally important to listen to your child and their opinions and feelings about their new school. After all, they are the ones who…

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Not A Frumpy Mum August 19, 2019

How to Encourage Good Study Habits in Your Child

Disclosure: This is a collaborative post. As a parent, you’re probably keen for your child to succeed in school. You can play a part in that by promoting good study habits in your children from a young age. By displaying a positive attitude towards school and encouraging a desire to learn, your child is sure to become determined and enthusiastic about their education. I have teamed up with a prep school in Somerset to offer parents some advice on how to create a home environment that stimulates good study habits. Sticking to a routine is wise, because it will help your child understand what…

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Not A Frumpy Mum August 16, 2019

Helping Your Kids Combat Back to School Blues

Disclosure: This is a collaborative post. Back to school blues, it really is a thing! The new school year brings a new set of anxieties for children; a more gruelling academic year ahead, awkward social situations, a new teacher or maybe even a new school. It’s all very stressful for kids, and their parents, so here are some tips from a co-curricular school in London to help them get through it. Fortunately, children are typically very resilient and tolerant to change. Once they get back into the swing of things everything will fall back into place and their emotions will…

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Not A Frumpy Mum August 5, 2019

Minimise Moving Mayhem

Disclosure: This is a collaborative post. Moving house always seems like such a great idea in theory and then the practicalities start becoming more real. In fact, moving house can feel stressful and at times even a little overwhelming. There’s a lot to be said about getting the whole buying and selling process done in one go but the worry that a chain is going to collapse is a whole heap of anxiety. That’s why, in this blog, we’re exploring the option of getting off the well-trodden path of buying and selling and looking at an alternative route to make…

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Not A Frumpy Mum July 26, 2019

How To Choose Bathroom Towels

Disclosure: This is a collaborative post. A lot of people do not actually realise it but there are a lot of things which need to be considered when shopping for bath towels. After all, when you get out of the bath or the shower you want to wrap up in a snug and soft towel, and therefore you need to find something of a high quality. This article will help you to find the best bathroom towels out there at the moment by revealing certain factors that you should consider when shopping. Photo Credit The first thing that you obviously…

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