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A Spoonful of Sugar
Liz Fraser
Timeless wisdom for modern mothers.It all began with a conversation with my grandmother…When Liz Fraser spent a month with her grandmother, she was at her wits' end as a parent, fed up with crop-tops, pester power and the pressure to consume. So she asked her grandmother - what works? What helps make a good childhood?The answers were surprisingly simple - and stunningly effective.From early bedtime to giving your child room to play, the old-fashioned common sense of her grandmother's generation changed Liz's family life for good.Liz reveals the traditional rules that allow you to give your children back their childhood, while adding her own experience as a modern mum, aware we have to work with the world we live in now. The result is a book that reminds us how precious and short childhood is, and delivers practical solutions that every parent can employ.Comforting, friendly and reassuringly traditional, this is all everyone needs for a happier, simpler family life.
A Spoonful of Sugar
Old-fashioned wisdom for modern-day mothers
LIZ FRASER
For Granny, with love.
CONTENTS
Author’s Note
Introduction
Meet Granny … and what you’re in for (#ulink_a9005c04-4040-503e-8fcf-eb53939b16ed)
Chapter One: CHILDHOOD
The very basics
The big rush (#ulink_e1ad0a03-33e5-5353-a696-e9e1fa6d31e3)
The curse of worrying (#ulink_5c15fca0-465c-52e4-bdcd-034ff8cf9063)
When push comes to shove (#ulink_22247ddf-485b-50e7-96a1-be00c9f2fb72)
Playing by the rules (#ulink_f182f8ba-62e9-58b1-88f7-28edaacda2e4)
Letting kids be kids (#ulink_eea019d9-fce0-5576-9d5c-7fd805cf6a83)
Chapter Two: HOME SWEET HOME
Household chores (#ulink_5fb95543-a917-5ace-a720-ea1081a6fdba)
Routine, routine, routine (#ulink_2070039b-cadc-55b2-8647-006b4e73b688)
Illness (#ulink_64a778a5-4eed-5c80-b8ad-dc631fa502d9)
Health scares (#ulink_8a726125-20d0-5299-afc6-b41e729a7388)
The great outdoors (#ulink_dd80ded5-7303-533e-8f29-080d31535354)
Chapter Three: EAT YOUR GREENS
We really are what we eat
The good news (#ulink_1b082bc7-2d00-5ab5-9ffa-d15763ab4a0e)
Buying local (#ulink_51059720-7c1f-550a-ad9c-9a443e22a86c)
The bad news (#ulink_4d0e744c-5042-5bec-a5cd-ab56199d1d48)
Strike a balance (#ulink_9a9324fb-3505-53f0-ad93-f6562b8f715b)
Cooking from scratch (#ulink_90c90c04-133b-580c-8db8-a1e90881984f)
Spilling the beans – was it really all home made back then? (#ulink_9bca75da-d8d7-58d6-baaf-7ee3b4f1331e)
(Don’t) supersize them (#ulink_e8814c1a-d728-5c47-bb18-5d7e278ff55e)
Chapter Four: PLEASE MAY I GET DOWN?
Animals feed, humans dine. Which are you?
Once upon a breakfast time (#ulink_65ea335f-5f2d-5e81-89ed-6e2f507f7971)
Lunchtime, what time? (#ulink_b7f58e48-deb2-5f97-a8b8-3d18d29477bd)
The evening meal – nervous breakdown anyone? (#ulink_f84724e1-8e25-534f-a98f-644e64762d15)
Getting bums on seats (#ulink_ca3bec1f-04c2-574d-aed3-51c39d785cce)
Who’s at the table? (#ulink_ba3aa1a2-dbf0-5ea8-ab9a-9eba0e0f2a8f)
Eliminating fussy eaters (#ulink_38e9a000-6bee-5732-ad5f-b1220ca1ff48)
And you’re not getting down till you’re finished (#ulink_74ebe246-4465-547e-b328-23ef26b7d8ec)
And for desert: a serving of realism (#ulink_55586110-2a99-5924-be00-f70727a367d0)
Chapter Five: BECAUSE I SAY SO
The importance of discipline: at home
Drawing the line (#ulink_9241328d-5f05-56fd-a4d1-1c0f0f60b1da)
Discipline: where are we now? (#ulink_06e5f86a-0453-56eb-96e5-8b1d454e447e)
Crime and punishment. What to do when they cross the line (#ulink_094f8b36-7e2e-5ab4-80dd-6d3b1bfd8d67)
Smacking. Oh, here we go (#ulink_26fa3ec3-f206-59f8-9745-c9db0621eb86)
It stands to reason … or does it? (#ulink_65daef62-c12f-57fb-9f37-3deeeaa21b22)
Out of sight, out of order (#ulink_08e3d14d-9f3f-53a3-b9b9-a0a144084688)
Another challenge for parents (#ulink_57dc4d5f-8050-5029-bed7-6d461313f7c7)
Chapter Six: RESPECTFULLY YOURS
Where are we now? (#ulink_8b33f5bf-adee-5c89-b818-94263f0dafe2)
How has it got this way? (#ulink_8e2d7de9-91a1-5c22-b0e5-1574c3cac0a0)
Generation ME (#ulink_1bb3d5d1-917b-5905-9c7c-87a4f0e00cd5)
Manners (#ulink_b7328e5e-b4da-58d8-aebc-52216ded92ff)
Thinking of others: spending time with the Real People (#ulink_733d0c69-90a7-5750-80f5-ffffa0d13f05)
Coming right back at you, Mum (#ulink_7aac6390-e741-5442-baaa-ad68e170503c)
The drinking culture, family and behaviour (#ulink_fe3f7f0e-55ee-50c7-9c9b-7c9a5160a885)
How to bring back a little respect (#ulink_bf3c9449-ae69-51fd-88c5-2f6163c64320)
Chapter Seven: DRESSING UP
You’re not going out dressed like that!
Fashionista, baby (#ulink_77670413-7513-5e1a-a02f-40a8679c7f67)
Money, money, money (#ulink_52be9775-de2e-5abd-8df4-6aae1cff8344)
I see, therefore I want (#ulink_55ceab56-4723-5a5c-839d-66b963d7b00f)
Sexy baby. Ummm, isn’t that exactly the problem …? (#ulink_6425dffb-f112-56c0-8d01-fe1d18f2a2ee)
Role models (#ulink_075fc0ce-2bc6-5fb7-aa31-9511a04d0fdd)
Mummy, I want to look just like everyone else (#ulink_1c9a20e3-a5c1-5883-9cd7-73b3bfa7277b)
Chapter Eight: SCHOOL TIME
A is for Attitude (#ulink_7ca3a063-901d-5867-8948-4cc360b01f30)
B is for Brains (#ulink_93ee1ad9-78ea-5bab-a023-5053acdb420f)
C is for Computers and stuff (#ulink_74554434-9068-580b-b7ef-fe9213343d51)
D is for Do It Yourself (#ulink_98cf6e6c-2018-5368-8bdc-22e097f8abbe)
SILENCE! (#ulink_bebd9638-9a51-549a-9c04-8d1c6019ba11)
Classroom chaos (#ulink_d2554df1-cb41-5c98-aa1e-054fc544ae9a)
Getting tough on unruly kids (#ulink_e93cce59-bbc7-5fbe-b0ac-fc605628298a)
Cyber bullying (#ulink_1ce4aaf0-8afc-5921-8955-d264f6085ac9)
So what can be done? (#ulink_d040c209-bdee-586e-8681-0aa6d0264bc5)
Oh, litigation’s what you (don’t) need (#ulink_b70e0b81-17b7-5753-9304-114614418c47)
Solution 1:throwing out the rule book (#ulink_8b1499c0-6046-57a8-a3aa-7f237bcb0d49)
Solution 2:on the home front (#ulink_b40cfbaa-7e81-5ab9-863f-814116a26c7e)
Chapter Nine: ’TIS WISE TO BE THRIFTY
The curse of consumerism, and how to escape it
‘The price of everything – and the value of nothing’ (#ulink_8a2db269-64e6-5d96-923f-5ac4ac9c16d3)
Yes, it’s credit crunch time (#ulink_a82438a6-c250-5779-aa27-4f1e8bc1f218)
Pester power (#ulink_feb1dff6-da0c-52e2-8c52-916a9f6a8ce3)
Playing ‘green’ (#ulink_6bdb66f6-864a-5e6c-b1ae-f2fc27cf5301)
Birthday parties – Noooooooo! (#ulink_11f10fb9-9196-52b1-955f-e999c6605f43)
Reversing the trend (#ulink_2311cf99-1771-57af-a5cd-c450b7a70c1f)
Pocket money (#ulink_0b343472-bde6-52e9-95a8-222e842bc829)
Chapter Ten: … AND DON’T COME BACK TILL TEATIME
A train ride
Kids in the community (#ulink_6c7b7d4e-5811-5d57-95fa-0bce68a7c85c)
My mum is a control freak! (#ulink_57fdea3f-75cb-5b00-8229-b128e45d544e)
Community parenting (#ulink_999bae3d-13c1-5152-b125-96a4eb0ebe04)
Fear of other people (#ulink_5f26bad9-c826-5293-b58c-973c5e43ebb2)
A new kind of risk: the internet (#ulink_d1d3ed30-f66a-58af-ab78-651f8ce7f862)
Abductions and sexual assaults: the facts (#ulink_a26a7b31-9eda-5acd-a064-8e2c7ace0571)
What’s a parent to do? (#ulink_7e5fb206-1753-5c37-9cda-33f13e225f45)
Chapter Eleven: OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE …
