For many of us Mothering Sunday is a bitter-sweet occasion when we celebrate with our children but perhaps mourn the loss of our own mothers. Anne Coates pays tribute to her mother and recalls a Mother's Day when she was a child and disappointed her!
The London Tansport Museum is hosting story time sessions and make and take craft workshops during February half-term and the Easter Holidays. Kids go free and adult tickets allow unlimited entry for a whole year.
Saturday 9 February 2013 is National Libraries Day, a culmination of a week's worth of celebrations in school, college, university, workplace and public libraries across the UK. Join in and support your local library.
News coverage of companies paying to place good reviews has brought into question the authenticity of some comparison/review sites. Parenting Without Tears has built up a good reputation for reviewing and would never accept payment to place reviews on the website.
Camp America are holding their annual recruitment fairs in Edinburgh, Manchester and London – a great way for young people to gain work experience and travel.
One third of parents are so worried about their maths skills they avoid helping their children with maths homework. Put your maths skills to the test and take this special online test.
You can register now to take part in the summer's toughest walking challenge over the weekend on 22 to 23 June 2013 – London to Brighton in aid of Blind Veterans UK.
Stannp postcards take the hassle out of buying the correct stamps and finding a post box - just take your own photo and turn it into a glossiy postacrd which will arrive at its UK desintation the next day via first class Royal Mial post if ordered before 2pm. Anne Coates put the service to the test.
Celebrating short fiction, during National Short Story Week 12 to 18 November 2012 various venues will be presenting or reading short stories for adults and for children and young people. For Parenting Without Tears readers, we have a free to download short story from Anne Coates' ebook Cheque-Mate & Other Tales of the Unexpected.
Give third world children a chance through play by recycling grown-out-of Micro Scooters.You don't even have to pay the postage Scooter Aid will take care of everything.
Breast Cancer Care is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to providing emotional and preactical support for anyone affected by breast cancer. Parenting Without Tears is supporting this campaign by donating 20 per cent of the subscription fee of anyone joining us during October 2012.
To help banish the back-to-school blues, children across the UK are being encouraged to savour the delights of Italian food while raising money for a good cause: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
