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240 guides across 20 corners. Each one opens with a routine card: the situation it is for, the system it builds, what you need and the first step. Page 1 of 6, guides 1 to 41.
Corner 13 - Screens and gaming agreements "Everyone Else Is Allowed": Scripts for Parents Calm, ready-made replies for the everyone-else argument about games, apps and bedtimes, and how to check the facts without turning it into a contest. Corner 12 - Siblings and family fairness "It Is Not Fair": Answering the Fairness Question What to say when a child says it is not fair: taking the feeling seriously first, the plain explanation of need versus sameness, and the small visible changes that make the answer believable. Corner 20 - Printables and checklists A Bedtime Checklist Children Can Tick A bedtime checklist children can tick themselves: bath, pyjamas, teeth, book and lights, in a calm fixed order, designed with the child and fixed beside the bed. Corner 13 - Screens and gaming agreements A Charging Station Outside Bedrooms Setting up one charging station outside bedrooms: where to put it, the evening plug-in routine, and handling the first week's pushback calmly. Corner 20 - Printables and checklists A Chore Board You Can Print and Wipe A chore board you can print and wipe clean: jobs down the side, days across the top, a weekly reset, and design choices that keep the board a memory aid rather than a score sheet. Corner 14 - Chores and pocket money A Chore Chart That Survives Week Three Why chore charts die in week three and how to build one that lasts: fewer jobs, a weekly reset, visible ticks and a review that repairs rather than replaces. Corner 08 - An organised home A Homework Caddy That Travels A single portable box holding everything homework needs, pencils, ruler, rubber, glue, a timer, so homework can happen at any table without the supply hunt that eats the session. Corner 20 - Printables and checklists A Homework Session Checklist A homework session checklist that opens and closes study time: set up, materials out, work in chunks, pack away into the bag, with the page doing the sequencing instead of a parent. Corner 20 - Printables and checklists A One-Page Handover Sheet for Babysitters and Family A one-page handover sheet for babysitters and family: contacts, the evening routine in order, house notes, comfort strategies that work in your home, and where things live. Corner 20 - Printables and checklists A School Meeting Notes Page A printable school meeting notes page for parents: header for date and people, space for school updates and home updates, an agreed actions box and a next contact line, one page per meeting. Corner 20 - Printables and checklists A Travel-Day Checklist for Families A travel-day checklist for families: the night-before block, the leaving-the-house block, and the in-the-car or on-the-train block, so journey days start calm and nothing essential stays behind. Corner 02 - Morning routines A Visual Morning Chart That Actually Gets Used What makes a morning chart get used rather than ignored: few steps, your child's own words and pictures, fixed at eye height where the morning happens, and retired step by step. Corner 16 - Clubs, sport and activities Activity Overload: How Many Is Too Many for Your Family There is no magic number of clubs; there is a weekly load a family can carry. Counting the real cost of each activity, spotting overload signs, and cutting kindly when the week is full. Corner 05 - Talking to school After the Meeting: Notes, Actions and Follow-Up What to do in the hour and the weeks after a school meeting: write up the agreements, send a short confirming email, track the actions, and review on the agreed date. Corner 11 - Emotional weather at home After the Storm: Repairing With Your Child What repair looks like after a loud moment: when to return, what to say in a few honest sentences, how to reconnect through ordinary things, and how to agree a fresh start together. Corner 10 - Transitions and warnings After-School Transitions: Snack, Space, Then Talk The order of the first hour home matters: food first, a little space, and questions later - with a landing sequence at the door that holds even on club nights. Corner 15 - Holidays and travel Airports and Stations: A Calm-Through-Queues Plan A practical plan for the noisy, queue-heavy parts of travel: arrival order, roles for each adult, a waiting kit, meeting points and a calm script for delays. Corner 08 - An organised home An Organised Home That Works With Your Child's Brain The whole approach in one guide: visible places, one home for each thing, systems a child can reset alone, and organisation built around how memory and attention actually work at home. Corner 09 - Time and timers Analogue Clocks and Learning Time at Home Learning to read an analogue clock as a slow home project: a clear clock at child height, hands linked to real events, and practice kept away from rushed moments. Corner 11 - Emotional weather at home Apologies and Fresh Starts: Modelling Repair How adults saying sorry well, briefly, honestly and without demanding one back, teaches children that relationships recover, and how a fresh-start ritual closes a hard moment for everyone. Corner 18 - Parent stamina Asking for Help Without the Long Explanation Ask for help early, briefly and specifically: one clear request, to one person, with a time attached, and no long justification before or apology after. Corner 19 - Questions to ask professionals Asking for Things in Writing: The Follow-Up Email How to write a short, warm follow-up email after an appointment or meeting: thank, restate what was agreed, list anything outstanding, and ask for confirmation, keeping everything in writing. Corner 03 - Evening and bedtime routines Bath, Teeth and Pyjamas: The Wind-Down Sequence Bath, teeth and pyjamas work best as one short, linked sequence in the same order each night, so each step cues the next and bedtime stops restarting at every stage. Corner 03 - Evening and bedtime routines Bedtime in Two Homes: Shared-Care Routines Children who sleep in two homes do best with a shared core routine: the same key steps, the same comfort objects and shared notes, even when the houses differ in other ways. Corner 03 - Evening and bedtime routines Bedtime Stories and Quiet Time for Older Children Stories are not just for toddlers, and older children still need a quiet bridge into sleep. Audio, comics, reading in bed and calm music, with a clear lights-out ending. Corner 02 - Morning routines Breakfast Jobs and Kitchen Stations How a small breakfast station and a short fixed menu give children jobs they can do themselves, end the morning menu negotiation, and protect the day's first food and drink. Corner 09 - Time and timers Building a Family Time Map for Busy Days A one-page map of a busy day drawn as blocks - fixed points first, travel and food added, one buffer block protected - reviewed together at breakfast. Corner 18 - Parent stamina Celebrating Small Wins: Noticing What Is Working Train your eye on what is working: a simple wins record kept in the moment, a weekly glance back, and specific praise that tells your child and yourself what to repeat. Corner 05 - Talking to school Changing Schools: Handing Over the File Moving schools without losing the thread: gathering your log, reports and agreed strategies into a tidy handover, introducing yourself early at the new school, and giving the new start time. Corner 09 - Time and timers Choosing a Visual Timer Your Child Will Accept What to look for in a visual timer - readable at a glance, gentle at the end, and welcome on the table - and how to test two candidates before you commit to one. Corner 16 - Clubs, sport and activities Choosing an Activity Your Child Will Stay With Choosing activities by fit rather than fashion: follow your child's real interests, weigh the weekly shape, use tasters, and agree in advance what a fair trial looks like. Corner 14 - Chores and pocket money Choosing First Chores by Age and Ability How to choose a child's first chores by their actual age and ability: short, finishable, visible jobs, taught step by step and grown gradually. Corner 03 - Evening and bedtime routines Choosing Your Evening Order: Dinner, Bath and Screens Dinner, bath, homework and screens compete for the same evening hours. Choosing one order, and writing it down, removes the nightly negotiation about what happens next. Corner 14 - Chores and pocket money Chores and Pocket Money: Systems That Teach Household jobs and pocket money run as calm systems: a board that does the asking, jobs matched to the child, micro-chores, and money with a simple steady shape. Corner 14 - Chores and pocket money Chores for Teens: Negotiating the List Negotiating chores with a teenager: a household list priced in time, real responsibility such as cooking a meal, flexible timing within firm deadlines, and a termly renegotiation. Corner 14 - Chores and pocket money Chores Without Nagging: The Board Does the Asking Moving chore requests from a parent's voice onto a board: placement, the checking moment, ticking in passing, and what parents say instead of asking. Corner 04 - Homework systems Chunking Assignments Into Finishable Pieces A whole assignment overwhelms; a chunk gets finished. Splitting homework into pieces that fit one work burst each, listed and ticked off, turns a wall into steps. Corner 06 - School plans in the US: Section 504 and IEPs Classroom Accommodations Parents Commonly Hear About A vocabulary explainer: the kinds of classroom accommodations parents commonly hear named in US school meetings, grouped by what they adjust, with a clear note that plans are individual and team-decided. Corner 16 - Clubs, sport and activities Clubs, Sport and Activities: Choosing and Keeping The pillar guide to after-school activities: choose with your child, prepare for the first session, set up simple club-day systems, talk to leaders early, and review each season together. Corner 08 - An organised home Coat Hooks at Child Height Why coats land on the floor when hooks are at adult height, how to set hooks a child can actually use, and the small hallway station that grows around the right hooks. Corner 17 - Teens and growing independence College and Next Steps: Planning Conversations Early Start next-steps talks early and keep them light: options explored in small conversations, visits and deadlines on a shared calendar, and your teenager leading the choices.