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...
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. As someone who 'delayed' children, having my first at 32 -- an age I have learned that many still...
So it’s Val’s Day, which I imagine is a very big deal for a lot of people, but not for me. I don’t think I’ve ever been wined and dined on 14 Feb in my life. If my husband brought home a dozen roses on this day, of all days, I think I would just feel a bit...
My kids walk home from school each day, plodding a well-worn path out the back of the school, down a track past the scout hall, across a local oval and playground and down our long, winding street by the bush. It’s about a 15-20 minute walk, depending on enthusiasm....
The big bad bosses of the world always have an opinion on how we should be raising our children. There are so many 'should never' articles out there aimed at mums. My favourites are always the ones telling me all the things I will "regret saying to my kids". I say...
used to be the kind of school swimming carnival mum who says, "go and support others, even if you don't participate", but not anymore. I don't make my kids go to the school swimming carnival anymore. I did for years, but I'm done with it. Even though I'm really...
It's no doubt the #1 response parents make when they ask what they want for their kids in life: "I just want my child to be happy." “I just want my child to be happy.” We mean it wholeheartedly when we say it. Then we leave that happiness to chance. We talk to our...
Do you feel guilty all the time about the way you have raised your children? I have always felt so guilty from day one: I didn't give my kids enough of my time and I escaped to work as soon as I could, because mothering was so hard. Now my daughter is self harming,...
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