New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 2050

It’s a project close to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge’s heart – helping kids with their development in their crucial early years – and she’s launched a huge study to assist with shaping kids’ futures. But she admits that she needs help herself when it comes to children’s tantrums. Mum to Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and two-year-old Prince Louis, Kate was answering questions about the cause she has supported since becoming royal, which included one about how she managed temper tantrums in her household. Kate replied, “Yes, that’s a hard one.” Then she laughed and added, “I’d like to ask the experts myself!” Since she married Prince William, 38, almost a decade ago – and before she was even a mum herself – Kate has been interested in how…

It’s a project close to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge’s heart – helping kids with their development in their crucial early years – and she’s launched a huge study to assist with shaping kids’ futures. But she admits that she needs help herself when it comes to children’s tantrums. Mum to Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and two-year-old Prince Louis, Kate was answering questions about the cause she has supported since becoming royal, which included one about how she managed temper tantrums in her household. Kate replied, “Yes, that’s a hard one.” Then she laughed and added, “I’d like to ask the experts myself!” Since she married Prince William, 38, almost a decade ago – and before she was even a mum herself – Kate has been interested in how early childhood experiences can…

When I was a little girl, I used to love visiting my nana’s house. Hilda had a sewing cupboard that was filled with all sorts of treasures and every time I stayed over , we’d pore over the materials and choose one or two (usually pink and purple) and somehow she’d whip me up a skirt, a pair of pants or even a dress. If I was lucky , my Barbie would get a matching outfit too! We’d bake, dress up and have all sorts of fun, but it was dinnertime that was always very different from the way things were done at my home. We’d set up trays in the lounge and eat our meat and three veg dinner in front of the TV. It felt so special, but…

When I was a little girl, I used to love visiting my nana’s house. Hilda had a sewing cupboard that was filled with all sorts of treasures and every time I stayed over , we’d pore over the materials and choose one or two (usually pink and purple) and somehow she’d whip me up a skirt, a pair of pants or even a dress. If I was lucky , my Barbie would get a matching outfit too! We’d bake, dress up and have all sorts of fun, but it was dinnertime that was always very different from the way things were done at my home. We’d set up trays in the lounge and eat our meat and three veg dinner in front of the TV. It felt so special, but looking…

‘I love turning my home into a cocooning, magical place’ If you regularly watch Nigella Lawson on screen, whether adding the finishing touches to her mouth-watering mince pies or icing her impeccable-looking Yule log, you’ll be familiar with her unflappable nature. When we catch up with her, we see it in full effect: she arrives well prepared with her own packed lunch, a flask of hot tea and some lemon sherbets “in case of a sugar low”. When she’s quizzed on Christmas dinner advice, Nigella has all the answers. Dry turkey? Soak it overnight, she advises. Perfect potatoes? Add semolina and use goose fat. Fussy eaters? She ignores them… unless they’re staying for two weeks, of course! But when we catch up on Zoom a few weeks later, we discover…

‘I love turning my home into a cocooning, magical place’ If you regularly watch Nigella Lawson on screen, whether adding the finishing touches to her mouth-watering mince pies or icing her impeccable-looking Yule log, you’ll be familiar with her unflappable nature. When we catch up with her, we see it in full effect: she arrives well prepared with her own packed lunch, a flask of hot tea and some lemon sherbets “in case of a sugar low”. When she’s quizzed on Christmas dinner advice, Nigella has all the answers. Dry turkey? Soak it overnight, she advises. Perfect potatoes? Add semolina and use goose fat. Fussy eaters? She ignores them… unless they’re staying for two weeks, of course! But when we catch up on Zoom a few weeks later, we discover a more vulnerable side…