Passionate Parenting

Dear Families and Friends

After a happy and HECTIC holiday in SA, disaster struck when one of my suitcases did not arrive on the baggage carousel at Schipol airport. Cameras, Video Camera, clothes, shoes and jewellery were some of the lost items from my case, but most awful (to me) was my Passionate Parenting admin book.

Therefore, PLEASE will you all RE-REGISTER for Jan, Feb and March’s seminars. I have no record of them (except e-mails and that would take a LLLOOONNNGG time).

This is quite urgent, so to remind you what they were:

Jan 18^{th Kitchen Workshop}

Feb 8th Siblings (with less) Rivalry

March 8th Raising a Confident Child – part 2

Would you PLEASE reply to this mail asap and tell me for which events you registered yourself, and if you have paid. Thanks.

People, I am so sorry for this inconvenience!

Please Click Here to find out more about each event if you still wish to register for Siblings and Confident Child.

For all of you with girls at home (ie. daughters who love princesses)… there is ONE English Show in Amsterdam, on Saturday April 3 at 11:30am. The cost for Class A seats is €28.50 for adults and €24 for kids. With a group booking of 20 people the adult price drops to €24. See

It might be fun to do this together: get the girls dressed up in Snow White, Sleeping Beauty or Ariel outfits, catch the train together and make a day trip with our little princesses.

Please will you let me know if you are keen to join the group and I will make a reservation for us once you have pre-paid into the PP bank account.

I suggest a deadline to decide & commit is 2 Feb. Reply to this mail, please, with princess in the subject box and we can discuss the details.

At recent Passionate Parenting seminars, many of you have received a complimentary copy of "Family Matters" magazine; touted as "The definitive guide to Family Life in the Netherlands". There is a subscription special on – Half price – so do think about registering on

Parent Coach, Angela Hutchison, has written a gentle and appropriate article on a difficult topic. I would love your thoughts comments in a reply email…

"…One of the topics I talk about fairly frequently at schools and in workshops is se x uality and the small child. Se x uality is an emotionally charged topic, one that brings many of our own issues to the fore. Ultimately, though, my guess would be that you want your children to take a healthy approach to their se x uality throughout their lives. And the road to this healthy se x uality starts with how we approach this topic when our children are very small and the messages we send them.

What is se x uality? It is about being male or female, about the beauty of being human, about love and relationships… Read More

To all the SHELL employees and their families, I hope you are all happy with your new postings, and I also really hope that you are staying here with us in The Hague. I am sure it is great to be able to move forward now, after those long months of stress and uncertainty. Looking forward to hearing from you.