About the author

I have been minding children professionally since I was 13 and a foster care parent for a number of years. I have no fancy degrees saying I'm qualified to give parenting advice. My qualifications come from years and years (decades) of real life experience in getting children to behave and be well mannered. I am a mother of three and my children, whilst they have their days, are very well behaved, have good manners, respect for their parents and other adults and are generally awesome people.

It is my desire for other parents to have that too, especially those struggling with getting their children to do what they're told. The hardest thing for me as a parent is watching other parents struggle with everyday issues with no-one to turn to for real help and advice.

I'm a no nonsense, tell it like it is kind of person and I guarantee you're not always going to like what I have to say, in fact I'm sure many of my views will be seen as extreme and over the top to many... yet my methods work and work well which is why my children are well behaved.

I will share good stories and bad stories with you so you'll see that it's not always rainbows and sunshine. Children have their own personalities and sometimes people butt heads and that is normal, yet at the end of the day I am confident knowing they're going to grow up to be great parents themselves.

Note: it is important to have well behaved children yes. It is equally important to have happy healthy children who love and adore their parents well into adulthood. This blog will not be about alienating yourself from your children via extreme punishments or abuse (verbal or otherwise). It's about getting you (the parent) to a place where you have piece of mind and time to actually sit down and enjoy a cup of tea (wine, beer, what ever) in a nice quiet place knowing all is well and you've done a job well done.