Category: Working Parents | Your Employee Wellbeing

Preparing for online school interviews

Written on 20th January 2021. Posted in Blogs, Children, Working Parents.

How to prepare your child for an online interview For some parents across the country, the start of a new year coincides with entrance exams for independent schools. Most common entry points are at 7+, 11+, 13+ and sixth form, with 11+ being the busiest exam period for schools as it is a natural entry point for secondary education. Any parent...

Top 8 eco-resolutions

Written on 6th January 2021. Posted in Blogs, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Working Parents.

Your Top 8 Eco-Resolutions for 2021 Has Lockdown 3.0 put your normal personal new year resolutions on hold? We take a look at eight ways you can do your bit to help save the planet. In 2019 the world stopped and took notice of Swedish teen Greta Thunberg. Her eco-activism inspired school strikes and high-profile meetings with world leaders. While...

New screen time rules for kids post lockdown

Written on 21st October 2020. Posted in Blogs, Children, Working Parents.

New screen time rules for your kids post lockdown Working parents and employees have experienced a significant increase in screen time throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Millions of working parents trapped in their homes have been striving hard to manage their remote jobs. The lockdown phase has been challenging for all, especially parents...

Dad’s experience of lockdown II

Written on 11th September 2020. Posted in Blogs, Career, Working Dad, Working Families, Working Parents.

Dad’s experience of lockdown – part II Following on from a Dad’s experience of lockdown, having given a basic overview, I’d like to talk briefly about some of the effects of lockdown, as I perceive them. The effect on Milly Lockdown was brilliant for Milly in some ways – she spent so much time with Grandma, who...

Lockdown, from burn out to muddling through

Written on 19th August 2020. Posted in Blogs, Parenting, Wellbeing, Working Dad, Working from home, Working Parents.

Lockdown, from burn out to muddling through In our house we started lockdown a week or so earlier than the rest of UK, our son developed, what in hindsight, was “just a cough” and we started self-isolation on the 17th March. We diligently marked the calendar with our 14 days, my wife was upset that we had to cancel our daughter’s cello exam, while...

News Release – Parental Choice to support Working Families at Jupiter Asset Management

Written on 3rd August 2020. Posted in Benefits and Rewards, Corporate benefits, News Releases, Working Families, Working Parents.

NEWS RELEASE Parental Choice to support Working Families at Jupiter Asset Management Parental Choice today is delighted to announce a new agreement with Jupiter Asset Management to provide concrete support for its working families. The partnership will see the investment management company offer a tailored family support package for its UK-based...

Preparing for school post lockdown

Written on 31st July 2020. Posted in Blogs, School, Working Families, Working Parents.

Preparing for school post lockdown As parents we love our children unconditionally, we want to protect them and we are desperate for them to be happy, confident and resilient. The pandemic has created profound uncertainty for us all and this, naturally has an effect on our own and our children’s emotional health. Here are a few tips and reflections...

7 tips to more productive working from home

Written on 31st July 2020. Posted in Blogs, Work life balance, Working Dad, Working from home, Working Mum, Working Parents.

Seven tips to help you stay on task while you’re working from home Work from home they said, it would be fun they said. Working from home has become the new normal as a result of COVID-19, but more than four months in are all employees enjoying it and remaining focused and productive? Until now, many people have been working from home whilst juggling...

Starting nursery – how to prepare your child

Written on 24th July 2020. Posted in Blogs, Childcare, Nursery, Working Families, Working Parents.

Starting nursery – how to prepare your child Starting nursery school is a big step for both children and their parents. For many it will be the first time they have regular and substantial separation from each other and in addition it marks the beginning of the child’s path towards increasing independence. This often gives rise to mixed...

Post lockdown – Domestic Abuse – The new epidemic?

Written on 10th July 2020. Posted in Blogs, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Working Dad, Working Families, Working Mum, Working Parents.

Leaving Lockdown – Domestic Abuse – The new epidemic? In England and Wales domestic abuse makes up nearly a quarter of all reported violent crime and we have all heard about the spike in domestic abuse and violence during the recent Covid 19 lockdown. One in four women and one in six men may be experiencing domestic abuse at this time. Home...