by ToniKent | Nov 18, 2021 | Family, Parenting
When we were teenagers, me and my friend Laura used to muck about with Basingstoke Sports Centre’s “Grapevine” community hub. It was a bit like an early internet site meets Ceefax where you could list clubs for curious locals to join. Naturally we...
by ToniKent | Jul 8, 2021 | Family, Honesty, Parenting, Social Mobility
I’ll confess, I wasn’t keen on my son getting ‘into’ football. This makes me a traitor to my roots where football was the sport of choice and rugby was for “posh kids” or overweight retired policemen. I liked Chelsea because my dad...
by ToniKent | Jul 1, 2021 | Family, Parenting, Storytelling
What’s in a name? Your parents pick one for you and you either love it, loathe it, change it, or your mates decide that adding a ‘y’ on the end of your surname or calling you something entirely different would work better. The latter point seems...
by ToniKent | Jun 7, 2021 | Family, Parenting
She propels herself through the water; head down, body sleek, arm over, then through, the water. Legs kicking, not splashing. Concentration creating flow. Grace, strength and power creating movement that looks effortless. Her head glances to the side; face just...
by ToniKent | Apr 12, 2021 | Family, Honesty, Social Mobility
I have been told that I am a less than desirable parent by my children on more than one occasion. You won’t be surprised to learn it coincides with times when they have been told ‘no’. I said “No” to a sub-standard coat that my daughter...
by ToniKent | Apr 28, 2020 | Family, Honesty
If there’s one thing that worries me right now, it’s the pressure I hear my friends putting themselves under about homeschooling. And it’s mostly women. That’s not to say my male friends aren’t worried but it’s exclusively my...
