There is not much scarier than raising teens. We all sniggered and laughed at our ‘threenager’, but nothing is quite as crazy as a teen mid rebellion. They will fight you for independence, but only if it’s not too scary and they don’t need to do much. They will fight you for responsibility, but only …
Advice
Our eldest child went to a Montessori preschool and I learned such a lot from his lovely teacher. One of the first things she taught me was to foster independence. This meant not doing things for children that they are perfectly capable of doing themselves. When you’re in preschool, this means this like carrying your …
At some stage (usually day #11 of the newborn stage), at some time (anytime), every mother – no matter how much she wanted to be a mother, no matter how much she loves being a mother, no matter – will regret having kids. I mean, she might not want to admit that out loud. Or, …
In many, many ways, my kids are spoiled rotten. They lead the kind of childhood that I hope they are proud of when they are old and tired like their mama. But, to me, there is a difference between being spoiled by experience and circumstance and being spoiled because the grown ups in your life …
It’s so nice to take a ‘mum break’ from your everyday life isn’t it? Sometimes you don’t know you are suffocating until it’s too late. It’s so hard trying to find the balance in life, but often getting away from those that you can’t bear to be parted from is exactly what you need. A mum …
I’ve been feeling really overwhelmed with parenting lately. It’s so easy to go off the rails, isn’t it? My youngest is struggling a bit in school, my eldest is right in the thick of ‘being a teenager’, (cue eyeroll… from me), my middle has too many activities and it’s making me as exhausted as she …