Short messages on Family issues and relationships from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Arguments are often a part of family life. Take care to diffuse tensions before things get too heated. If children are arguing, ask them to go into separate rooms and take five minutes to calm themselves. You can do this too if you’re getting wound up.
Make the most of what’s special about summer. Go for family walks during those long warm evenings, or arrange a family picnic. Also, look out for free or cheap music events and summer schools arranged by local authorities.
Whether you’re going on holiday or not, it’s important to plan the summer together as a family. Make everyone feel involved in plans and keep a chart with everyone’s wishes on it.
Summer is a great time to reconnect with all the important relationships in your life – from your kids, parents and your partner to your friends and wider family.
From 2016 the law will require that all dogs are microchipped and wear a collar bearing a secure ID disc or waterproof tag with clear contact details of its owner. Dogs are not permitted to circulate without their owners and can be seized as a stray under such circumstances.
Positive human and dog interaction for puppies is extremely important from the time they are born until they grow old if they are to be balanced, confident pets.
Young puppies grow when they are sleeping. They need vaccinations to protect them from serious illness, and regular anti-parasite treatments.
Relationships need ongoing care. It doesn’t really matter how you stay in touch with your friends, only that you do.
You can tell what is important to a person by the way they spend their time. If relationships are important, you will make time for them.
You may have a small circle of friends you’d like to stay in touch with no matter how much you all change. Learn the skill of preserving old friendships.