As lifestyle challenges go, combining earning a living whilst at the same time home educating your children, has to be one of the toughest. I’m assuming, for the purposes of this article, that you’re not one of the few home educating families where the parents can afford to go out to work and employ someone [...]

I’d like to invite you to think for a moment about those activities that you enjoy doing most now, as an adult, and see if you can remember how you learnt to do them.  Were you taught in a formal way? Did you teach yourself? Did you learn through performing tasks, reading about it or [...]

As a parent, how do you spot the signs of stress in your child? When is it time to intervene and to help your child simplify their life?
10 years ago this year I was in a terrible quandary. Both of my sons were showing signs of stress. My youngest son (then age 6), who was [...]

“What is home education?” someone asked, “And what on earth has it got to do with sustainable living?” This voice came from a few feet behind me whilst I was browsing in the shop at the Centre for Alternative Technology. The shop stocks, amongst other things, a wide range of books on various aspects of [...]

Money can be such an emotive issue. Our attitude towards it can be affected by our childhood circumstances, our positive and negative experiences of financial matters in adult life and the extent to which we feel in control of this area of our lives. It has the potential to make or break relationships.
How does this [...]