Work-Life Balance

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Two parents with their child.

Job satisfaction?

Can work make you happy? Or is it destined to drag you down? Jane Henry uncovers the truth in happy workers.

Transforming leadership

In the past, organisations have denied women positions of power. Discover how this discrimination led to a leadership revolution in women as leaders.

First words

Dr. Clare Wood explains how gurgling plays a crucial role when we're learning to talk.

References and further reading

Brannen, J., Heptinstall, E. and Bhopal, K. (2000) Connecting Children: Care and Family Life in Later Childhood. London: Routlrdge/Falmer

Galinsky, E. (1999) Ask the Children: What America’s Children Really Think About Working Parents. New York: William Morrow and Company.
www.radlogic.demon.co.uk

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2003) Families and work in the twenty-first century. JRF Foundations number 923
http://www.jrf.org.uk

Reynolds, T., Callender, C. and Edwards, R. (2003) The impact of mothers’ employment on family relationships. JRF Findings number 773.
www.jrf.org.uk

Discipline but don’t be harsh or judgemental.
The children are asking for clear limits to be set, and recognising that their behaviour may need to be kept in order. But they may have picked up that adults often treat children with less respect than they would other adults. Do you treat your children more harshly than you do adults? Do you take your own frustrations out on them when the problem is really with yourself?

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