{"id":143,"date":"2013-04-30T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2018-08-29T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T15:09:47","slug":"on-a-mission-at-littlebirds-treehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/on-a-mission-at-littlebirds-treehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"On A Mission at LittleBird’s Treehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our friend Hannah, founder of On a Mission<\/a> will be joining us on Saturday and Sunday in LittleBird’s Tree House<\/a> during Mums Show Live, Thurs 16th – Sunday 19th May.<\/p>\n

She tells us why, for her, Mums Show Live couldn’t have come soon enough.<\/p>\n

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“When I heard about an event for school age children and their families, it was like coming home.\u00a0 It was a shock to find, when researching for the launch of On a Mission, what little profile families of school age children have. For the first 5 years of our children\u2019s lives we are inundated with advice, products and services, all designed to improve our lives and those of our children.\u00a0 But once we wave our precious people off to school, all these \u201cexperts\u201d scarper.<\/p>\n

Why is this?\u00a0 What happens when a child moves through school that causes them and their parents to lose their voice?\u00a0 Well, I have my theories:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s just too darned difficult \u2013The first 5 years of being a parent are easy.\u00a0 Sleep deprived we may be, as well as having silver trails permanently encrusted on our shoulders, but there is generally a right or wrong answer for most problems we encounter.\u00a0 But by the age of 6 or 7, black and white has dissolved into worrying shades of grey (along with our hair).\u00a0 As a parent of school aged children, you are instantly expected to be psychologist, nutritionist, UN peace envoy and chauffeur rolled into one, not to mention the need to be able to explain long division for the first time in 25 years.\u00a0 Not surprisingly then, all those that have previously been so willing to help, have filed our lives into the \u201ctoo difficult\u201d box.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No! \u2013 This is the age when our children (shock horror) actually know their own minds.\u00a0 At 6, my daughter rejected her pure cotton smock in favour of a purple nylon fleece.\u00a0 I suspect her motive was not style-led, but rather because it enabled her to go around electrocuting her brothers by merely brushing passed them, but there was absolutely nothing I could do about it.<\/p>\n

While this newly-acquired independent thought in our children will always have its frustrations, we really should see it as something to celebrate.\u00a0 By 8, our children are buzzing with creativity, possibility and ideas.\u00a0 They are so interesting and original and fun to be around \u2013 not all of the time, but enough for it to be a privilege to be a parent<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s all get together at Mums Show Live and celebrate this stage in our lives.\u00a0 Let\u2019s browse the wonderful products on offer and enjoy with our children the fantastic entertainment that is being laid on.\u00a0 Bring your children to visit On a Mission in the LittleBird Treehouse and we promise you that you will be amazed by what they can do.”<\/p>\n

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On a Mission<\/em><\/strong> will be providing a variety of activities for 7-12 year olds that will challenge their courage, taste-buds, code-cracking skills and senses of humour. \u00a0With things to smell and taste, forfeits to perform and cryptic clues to solve, they will be thoroughly entertained and stimulated. So come and join us in the Tree House<\/a> at Mums Show Live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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