Tag: kids
How Toddlers And Teens Develop In Similar Ways
What happened? Suddenly, it seems your kid is a selfish, ungrateful jerk who wants to do everything on their own and always ends up...
The 13 Habits of Mentally-Strong Parents
How can we make sure our kids will have the resilience to deal with whatever is thrown at them? Sadly, there are no guarantees,...
A Mother’s Guilt – The Top 5 Things Mums Feel Bad...
The overwhelming love, the desire to protect them, the devotion you feel – most of us expect these emotions when we have kids. What...
How Parents Fail To Follow Their Own Advice
“You’re sunburned,” said my daughter, accusingly. “Your face is really red.” “I know,” I replied. “It’s from the boat trip I went on. Didn’t top...
‘It’s Not You, It’s Them’ – What To Do When You...
You’ve been BFFs for years – since school, college, or maybe your first job. Even when the babies came along, you didn’t see why...
7 Wonderful Things I Did Before I Had Kids
Do you ever look back at those hazy days before the kids came along, when you could please yourselves? When life didn’t revolve around...
13 Phrases Any Working Mum Will Recognise (And Use Regularly)
Life can be tough when you're a working mum. If you’re trying to look after your family, make a decent stab at parenting and...
How To Teach Your Kids The Value Of Money
Money is far from the most important thing in the world, but our lives are certainly more difficult when we don’t have enough. Recent reports...
A Roller-Coaster Ride – These Videos Of Kids On Virtual Fairground...
Little Kayla proved a big hit on YouTube after her dad posted a video that shows her enjoying her own private laundry-basket roller coaster. He...
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12 Simple Activities to Prepare Your Child for Preschool
Wow, you are about to officially have a preschooler! Many parents find this to be a bittersweet achievement. Even if your little one has some...
Top Celebrity Parenting Tips From… Reese Witherspoon
She shot to international fame as Elle Woods in the movie Legally Blonde and went on to win a Best Actress Oscar for...
My Little Brother’s Death Made Me Believe Mom Loved Him More
It’s been more than three years since my little brother's death. Dayne died at the age of just 19 after taking a drugs overdose....
How Game Theory Can Help You Do A Better Job Of Parenting
In 1944, the economist, physicist, mathematician and computer scientist John von Neumann published a book that became a sensation, at least among mathematicians –...
4 Tips For When You Hear Your Kids Swearing
Learning the nuisances of language can be challenging. Words have their definitive meanings but put into different contexts, can have additional interpretations. This makes...
I Loved My Baby Boy – But I Imagined Hurting Him In The Worst...
It was just over two years ago – early December 2017 – when my husband Paul and I found out we were having a...