Are you accidentally telling your kid they’re not enough?
I’m devastated, but I think I’ve actually been raising my kids to feel ‘not enough’. Are you doing it too? Let me explain. After another loud fight with the eldest …
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I’m fairly convinced that parenting gets easier (in some ways)
It feels like I’ve been having the conversation about whether parenting gets easier or not since my first baby was about six weeks old. The answer to this question was …
Who decides who the cool kids are (and does it really matter anyway?)
What kids think is cool and what adults think is cool are not the same thing. We know this already (fidget spinner, anyone?), but it still amuses when I see …
Kicking my parenting baggage to the kerb
There’s a reason that parenting books all feel like a crock after a while. See, they tend to forget that parents are human beings. As much as we might wish …
Take a mum break before you think you need one
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 …
Puberty vs Perimenopause: Let’s get ready to rumble
I’ve spent years researching and writing about the ‘perfect age’ to have kids (spoiler: there isn’t one), but there is one angle that has only just become apparent to me. …