Is Lying To Children Really So Wrong?
Lying. Is it always so bad? What about if you are a parent wanting to help your kid make better choices – or avoid bad ones? A recent nationwide study…
Jackie Wilson
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Jackie started writing for Belle on her return to the UK after 3 years living in Kuala Lumpur. Formerly a Marketing Manager of British institutions such as Cathedral City Cheddar and Twinings Tea, she wrote columns and web content in KL for several local and expat magazines and sites and was a contributing author for the book Knocked Up Abroad. Jackie is now back on the expat beat living in Cincinatti, USA where she is engaged in a feast of writing projects while desperately clinging to her children’s British accents and curiously observing the American way.
Classic Telly Reunions: Re-make or Break?
A recent analysis of reactions to the possibility of classic TV reunions showed the highest interest in these top five programmes: Buffy the vampire Slayer Community Breaking Bad That ‘70s…
For the Love of Condiments
As I get older, I’m finding myself increasingly passionate about condiments. There, I said it. So, when a study of the world’s most popular food adornments hit the Belle desk,…
What’s It Like To Study 100% Online at Masters Level?
I am currently six months away from completing my master’s in Creative Writing with the Open University. I started the course in October 2019 – a different time altogether, when…
Singing for Sarah Everard, Speaking out for Better
I’m a mother of a ten year old daughter and an eight year old son. They are now of the age where they ask questions about current affairs and it’s…
The Highs of a Year of Homeschooling
Here’s an article I never thought I’d be able to write, but, as my children go back to school this week for five whole days for the first time in…
Girl Power. No Age Limit.
I love running with great company, so when I found myself in a new town (in Kansas, USA) at the end of last summer, I was overjoyed to wrangle an…
Supporting Locked-down Kids & Teens
I can’t count the number of times I’ve looked at my children, aged ten and seven, and wondered what it’s truly like for them to live in the conditions we…
The Marvel That Is… The Air Fryer
People you already know will discover the air fryer and when they do, you will hear about it. I promise you that will hear about it. I watched from afar…
Don’t You Know Who I Am?
When I saw the results of a recent study that showed percentages of kids who, in a recent survey, could not identify the vital work of historical figures such as…