Lydia and Rebecca reflect on the St Albans Raring2Go awards, with organiser Claire Healey, and some of the sponsors and winners  from the event.  

Steve Simpson and Rebecca Rowe talk about Dads in this episode of the Parents’ Show. They discuss dads as role models, with John Adams, creator of the Dad Blog UK (https://dadbloguk.com/), and Adrienne Burgess of the Fatherhood Institute (http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org)  

In this episode we talk to local parents as well as educational guru Natalie Lancer about University admissions, our children flying the nest and how both they and we cope!

Tuesday was World Suicide Prevention Day. It is a very difficult topic for parents and carers to think about let alone discuss. But it is vital to understand and reflect some factors related to suicide. Fifty percent of youth suicide has nothing to do with mental health but more related to emotional overload. Often when ... Read more

Finding an author you just love to read is a very special experience. Lydia, Seema and Rebecca guide you through this topic.

Christopher is one of those children’s authors. His books include Twelve minute to midnight, The infinite lives of Maisy Day, The Jamie Drake Equation and The many worlds of Albie Bright to namebut a few.

Literacy Difficulties – it is school report season – this is the time parents often get feedback on how their child is doing during the year but for some parents, feedback from school, teachers, and reports might raise questions, worries and thoughts of what help is required next. It is also transition time, when children move between primary and secondary schools. For children struggling with literacy difficulties, this can bring more challenges and for parents, it might feel like starting all over again.

We talk about things to do in the summer with your kids

The Carer Support Team at Watford General Hospital @CSTWatfordHosp are a wonderful team of  21 volunteers doing kind and meaningful work at Watford General’s Starfish Children’s ward and in Children’s Emergency  To find out more and what we can do to support them listen to Matron of Childrens Services,  Karen Stow, Senior Nurse Orla Burke, ... Read more

On this week’s show, Lydia and Steve talk about babies. Louise Brennan is a midwife and runs ante-natal classes for mums-to-be, and tells of her experiences of midwifery and the current practices, then how ante-natal classes work. Angela Spencer joined the show to talk about Babyopothy, and her latest book on the subject.     ... Read more

This week’s half-term special parents’ show is all about transition – helping children move between primary and secondary school seamlessly and confidently! Dr Kathy Weston and Steve Simpson are joined by two experts in their field, Dr Emma Kell and Dr Anna Colton, who will be giving parents the very best tips on how to support their children and signposting parents to the very best resources.