Are we too child-centred?
Then and now
I think every adult has done it at some stage: Look back to the time when they were children compared to the...
Parenting isn’t for the faint-hearted
Kids should come with manuals
I love kids and I love being a parent. Having said that, parenting is most definitely not what I thought...
The Dangers of Mom Comparison
We can often very easily slip into comparing ourselves with others and let the disappointment of what we don't have influence our emotions, our...
The Instagram mom
Have you ever seen the Instagram mom? She's always posting the cutest photos of her kids. They are dressed perfectly, always behaving beautifully and...
Should I wait to have sex?
So you may be in a relationship and are weighing up your decision to have sex now or wait until you're married. Or maybe...
Surviving the teenage years
Everybody warned me. Teenagers are a nightmare, or so I was told. Family members give their two cents and sitcoms paint the teenage years...
Five ways to help your child deal with anger.
I have recently been doing some research on anger management, especially in children because my eight year old is seriously struggling with anger. He...
Invite your Child to Change the World
"Children should be seen and not heard."
That seemed to largely be the mantra when I was growing up. The idea that children were probably...
For when you feel like a bad mom
A reoccurring conversation that comes up between moms is that we always feel like we are not doing enough for our kids, or we...
A New Year’s Evolution?
Next year I will...
In 2016 I will stop...
From this moment I promise I'm going to be more...
Fill in the gaps right? And being New...