Arthritis in Children
(by Sonya at LeanOnUs.) Christine Schwab recently contacted me just as I was about to publish ‘A Special Determination‘ where I briefly wrote about my husband and his experience with children’s...
View ArticleHow to Talk to Your Kids About the Boston Explosion
(This is one of many articles written by Bruce Sallan for his ‘A Dad’s Point-of-View’ column. Bruce shares his column with us each week which you can read here. Here Bruce is sharing tips from Dr...
View ArticleWelcome Home, Jenson!
(by Sonya at LeanOnUs.) We are pleased to announce that Jenson and his family are safely back in the UK! Since October last year we have been following Jenson’s Journey and must say that his mum, Katie...
View ArticleSupporting Children Through Family Breakdown
(by Sonya at LeanOnUs) Emma Cohn is an experienced drama therapist who works with children who have been bereaved and noticed that many families were separating and often children were left to cope...
View ArticleTop 10 Tips for Coping With Your Parent’s Divorce
(by Emma Cohn at akidspace.) During one of our workshops at akidspace we asked the children to come up with tips for parents going through family breakdown. This is the top 10 that they compiled. Top...
View ArticleCABBY – Not Just Helping Children!
The reporting of bullying, social wellbeing and abuse isn’t just for children. #CAABS can raise awareness throughout life – from being a youngster through to and including retirement. This is an...
View ArticleWe Invisibles
(by Jeremiah Savant) It strikes me there are four basic ways people existed in the white heat of the red-hot revolution of the 1960’s. Firstly, there was the War Generation. My parents’ group. They...
View Article#Bullying – A Possible Solution?
(by Sonya at LeanOnUs) Earlier today I was chatting with CABBY about bullying and how the current ‘system’ deals with it, or more to the point, how it doesn’t deal with it. As we all know, we hear...
View ArticleReflections
(by Henrietta Ross at Conversations With Hattie) Words, what do they mean? Like a blank state, a child enters the world with a brain ready to absorb all forms of stimuli. Soaking up all that he/she...
View ArticleThreadbare
(by Henrietta Ross at Conversations With Hattie) “The mother gazes at the baby in her arms, and the baby gazes at his mother’s face and finds himself therein…” – Donald Winnicott I walked through the...
View ArticleE-Cig Safety and Kids
(by Sonya at LeanOnUs) We all know not to leave matches (used in the OLD days!), lighters and ashtrays within the reach of children – but what about electronic cigarettes (e-cigs)? It may seem common...
View ArticleBe #LaundrySafe
As you know, we like to support campaigns and special events here at LeanOnUs but we also believe that raising awareness is a 24/7, 365 day-a-year job. Hence, we would like to continue to raise...
View ArticleArthritis in Children
(by Sonya at LeanOnUs) Christine Schwab recently contacted me just as I was about to publish ‘A Special Determination‘ where I briefly wrote about my husband and his experience with children’s...
View ArticleHow to Talk to Your Kids About the Boston Explosion
This is one of many articles written by Bruce Sallan for his ‘A Dad’s Point-of-View’ column. Bruce shares his column with us each week which you can read here. Here Bruce is sharing tips from Dr...
View ArticleCommunity #Safety Event
We are pleased to announce that ‘Safety for Children and Families‘ has commenced and will be running up until the 14th of September. We are raising awareness of unique and innovative resources/products...
View ArticleFair Financial Support for Fostering and Adoption
(by Ken Gough) Recently, I started a government petition to highlight a perceived inequality within the care system that is adversely affecting a great number of families and, indirectly, the children...
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