However so has the choice. I remember as a child only having three channels to watch and how much of an event it was when a fourth channel started. Today with the advent of digital and satellite TV, we have hundreds of channels.

Safe TV

So what is safe for your children to watch. Well some TV systems, sky for instance comes with child protective measures built in. they will rate films etc and then you can not access them without your pin code.

There are also a huge number of educational programs out there but be aware that an educational program about World War II could be just as graphic as an 18 film.

Watch TV with your child, the TV is not a baby sitter, it is an entertainment too, so share the experience and every now and again, turn the TV off and do something as a family.

With so much choice out there the best advice we can give from Supa Swap is if you do not like it, change the channel, you have the choice.

No More Tears

Supa Swap are always look to give you the best tips for parenting, and gimicks to entertain your children. Now if you are parents to little princesses, do you dread the early morning tears when you have to brush their long locks? Is it tears at bedtime to try to get them to brush their own hair? Well not anymore with the latest released Tangle Teaser.

Brushing Technology

Tangle Teaser is a plastic soft brush designed to glide through even the most tangled of hairs, wet or dry this super brush will not pull or rip the hair, leaving it shiney and smooth without hurting.

Invented by Shaun P, a celebrity colourist for more than 25 years, Tangle Teaser comes in a wide range of colours and shapes, gold, pink, purple, from glittery to funky colours to suit any child.

Handbag Tangle Teaser fits easy into your bag so you will never be without it. Tangle Teaser also comes in a flowerpot set, so your little princess will enjoy grooming her own hair at the same time as hiding her precious clips in the pot.

Price

Priced around £10.99 they really are great value too.

Another great ides from Supa Swap.

For some parents bringing up your own teenager can be a bit of a strain, now with the new book from Jenifer Kolairi, Connecting People, there is now help at hand.

Supa Swap is here to talk about the stress and strain Children put onto parents in this ever demanding World we live in.
Is their attitude bad?, are their grades dropping? Do you want to look at them and say "What is wrong with you?" and having to ask yourself is this your fault? What have I done wrong? My child used to be so loving and caring and now they are my enemy.

What Is Wrong...

Is it me? What have I done wrong? Why are the like this? These are the questions you keep asking yourself over and over again. I have a friend who had the same with her 13 year old daughter, feeling stuck, not knowing where to turn or who she could turn too for help, everything she did was wrong, then she came across this book called Connecting People and said from the minute she started to read and take the advice her daughter changed and the attitude between them changed until in the end they became good friends.

This book taught me to look deeper and from an outside view of our relationship, and realise that it was not all her fault.

Magic Book

So what sets this book apart from all the thousands on the market?

Kolairi has been a child councilor for more than 20 years and for the first time she shares all her experience and puts it into words, for this book. She states that you should not just think “What is wrong with them?” but more of a question “What is wrong with me?” and realize it is you who needs to change as well as them.

Advice

So my advice to all of you parents who think you have the hardest child in the world to control, sometimes you need to take a step back and re-evaluate the situation and think is it actually the child being the problem?.

Supa Swap recommend this book to all parents with difficult teenage children

When is the right time to start a family? Do you wait until you are more financially secure, more settled in your career or older and wiser? It really is down to individual preference, there is no right or wrong time to start your family. Some people will want to climb their career ladder prior to thinking of starting their family, whilst others will prefer to have their children at an early age, thus still being young enough to return to their career when the children are older. The advantages of having children younger means you have more energy to run around with them as toddlers whereas as you get older yourself you do tend to have more wisdom and patience to deal with young children.

With regard to the financial side, most people live to what they earn and therefore makes little difference to the timing of having your first child.

Statistics show that the average age of having your first child for a woman is much younger than a man, being 25-30 years for a woman and 30-35 for a man. These are only guides that Supa Swap suggest, everyone is in a different and unique situation, and depends on the family involved.

These days children make a lot of financial demands on their parents. They all want the latest toys, games and clothes especially as they get older. Well, the best way of showing them the value of money and the fact that unfortunately in life you can´t have everything immediately is to get them to earn their pocket money each week.

Set up a chart listing various duties around the house such as sweeping the floors, keeping their own bedrooms clean and tidy, washing the dishes, cleaning the car etc. etc. and against each one put a monetary value for them to earn their own pocket money to save up for the items they want.

Make the list with minor duties as well as larger ones and therefore if they wish to save for a more expensive item then they will work harder.

This will teach your children to have a good work ethic and make them realise that later on in life they have to work to acquire the nicer things in life. og them onto www.supaswap.com then they can themselves buy and swap toys and games.