Goodbye angry mum: How I overcame my anger and stopped the yelling
I was an angry mum for way too long. It actually felt like my set-point was Angry Mum – I was just constantly going mental about something and the little …
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A home alone checklist for parents leaving their kids unsupervised
Once you’ve worked out when your kids are ready to be left home alone, it’s important to do some planning and have an emergency strategy in place before you go. …
Parenting teens: It’s not us, it’s them
This is my new mantra for parenting teens: It’s not us, it’s them. It’s not us. I was trying to have a reasonable conversation with my son (almost 14) and …
How to raise a feminist
“How to raise a feminist” seems like a silly topic to discuss in 2018. But I’m well aware that not every kid is lucky enough to be raised feminist. Max, …
20+ tips for parenting tweens from mums in the thick of it
For years I avoided the term ‘tweens’ and certainly did not think you needed special skills for parenting tweens. I worked in marketing at the time and the only people …
20+ tips for raising teens (and particularly fiesty tweens)
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 …