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Hints to curb ‘parental rage’ during lockdown

Submitted on Thu, 09/04/2020 - 3:47pm

Kids home from school. Partner working from home. We love our family, but being stuck inside with them throughout this pandemic is causing tempers to fray. Now we’re in week 3, our patience has been pushed to the limit. So, what can we do to maintain peace at home?

One thing is for sure; yelling is ineffective and raises everyone’s stress levels. Instead, come up with games that can turn challenges into family fun. Kids love to play, so when you’re playful too, you are working with your children rather than against them. 

 

Your top 5 guide to Easter in lockdown...

Submitted on Sun, 05/04/2020 - 10:28pm

Keep kids (and even adults) entertained this Easter with some of our ideas below...

1. Conduct a traditional Easter Egg hunt, perhaps include some smaller treats and non-edibles along the way to make it last longer. You could save the large Easter egg for the final find!

Use our 'clue cards' here, print them off and write your own clues in for where you decide to hide the eggs. 

Best of three - Hot cross buns

Submitted on Fri, 03/04/2020 - 10:53am

Easter isn’t complete without a hot cross bun. 

The good news is they’re in our food stores now!

We love ours toasted, with butter... 

Our award-winning buns are the epitome of Easter. 
1. Co-op Irresistible Luxury Hot Cross Buns, 4 pack
2. Packed with fruit and a hint of spice, our buns are real crowd-pleasers; Co-op Hot Cross Buns, 6 pack
3. These have all the flavour of Easter without the gluten. Co-op Free From Hot Cross Buns, 4 pack

Explaining COVID-19 to your children...

Submitted on Wed, 01/04/2020 - 2:35pm

With young kids at home, it will be nigh-on impossible to keep them from learning about the coronavirus – either from the news or from over-hearing a conversation at home.

Grown-ups are fully aware of the measures we can take to protect ourselves, and these messages must get through to our children. But how best to broach the subject without causing them anxiety, and how should you respond to their questions?

Our friends at the Essex Chronicle spoke to child psychologists to find out how best to construct your answers.

DO discuss it.

Tips on beating boredom during lockdown if you live alone...

Submitted on Wed, 01/04/2020 - 2:05pm

Be organised

Plan your day to ensure you have activities to focus on throughout the day. Perhaps you’re working from home, in which case structuring your work alongside personal activities, exercise and housework will help you to keep focus and be efficient.

Break up your day

Further to our first point, maybe write out a timetable for the day, so you don’t need to be concerned about having nothing to do and potentially being bored. To do this, write your day up into chunks or blocks of time and allocate activities accordingly.

How to satisfy your travel craving when you’re self-isolating!

Submitted on Wed, 25/03/2020 - 2:45pm

So many of us have had our travel plans postponed due to the virus sweeping the globe (and for the sake of the tourism industry, please DELAY your trip don’t CANCEL it).

So if you’re bottled up wanderlust is raising your blood pressure, or if your itch for travelling is not being satisfactorily scratched, we have some tips that will keep you going whilst the rest of the world goes mad around us.

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