As the parent of three children, (one preschooler, one tween and a teenager) I know just how hard, confusing and stressful it can be, especially when you are trying to navigate something for the first time. In our parenting section you will find lots of useful posts covering all aspects of parenting from preparing your body for pregnancy to living with teenagers . These posts are either written by me based on my own experiences and full of advice and top tips that helped me along the way or they have been written in collaboration with guest bloggers and experts in the fields such as the nutritionists that helped us write our weaning posts. We also have posts aimed at fosters parents, adoptive parents and parents that are going through a divorce and are worried about the impact this may have on their children.
When it comes to parenting there are very few right and wrong answers or methods, there are just the things that work for your family and the things that don’t, so feel free to browse these articles for ideas that you can try, things you might not have thought of, or encouragement to keep persevering with something that you are trying to make work.

Some of our most popular parenting posts
Here are a few of our most popular parenting posts that you may find useful
5 reasons why you should try reusable nappies
How to encourage good behaviour in children
How to help your child settle at nursery
4 ways you can help your child enjoy secondary school
Want to write for The Strawberry Fountain?
If you are an expert in the field of parenting and would like to write an article for us, maybe a helpful how to guide or some top tips for parents then please do email me at thestrawberryfountain@hotmail.com and we can discuss ways in which you can get involved. Please make sure to include what you want t write about and why you’re the expert as well as any links to your business that you may want to include.
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