I love the meme going around that reads: ‘There’s always one mum at drop off losing her mind, and if everyone else looks ok, it’s probably you!’ Because, seriously, I can
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There are lots of different options to pursue if you separate or divorce and want both parents to have an equal role in your kids’ lives. A newer approach to
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My older two girls were around four and five when I woke up to myself and said they couldn’t have balloons anymore. I’d like to pretend it’s for environmental reasons or something
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Relive your childhood? It’s not absurb. The answer should be.. why not? One of the best things about being a parent is that you have an excuse to act like
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Most people find that when it comes to their babies, it’s love at first sight. This is the nature of being a parent. We are all biologically programmed to love
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This article was republished with permission from Purewow You’re at the grocery store and your kid asks you why carrots are orange. Then, on your way out to the car,
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Mum sparks furious debate online after she revealed she teaches her daughter the value of money by making her pay money towards the household bills. Posting on TikTok she said:
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Divorced couples often don’t get along well – that’s why they’re divorced. Whether things became hostile at the end of the relationship or took a turn for the worst during
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Helicopter parents – the over-controlling, overprotective, often strict parents who hover over their kids like a metaphoric helicopter. Often, they have the best of intentions at heart, but their actions
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I have been fortunate enough to be blessed with both a boy and a girl. We hit the baby jackpot; the pigeon pair; the pink and the blue. And now
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Have children, they said…it will be fun, they said — they lied… That kind of roller coaster feeling that I’m sure all parents can attest. That hating parenting and the thought
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Considering that one of the primary jobs of mums is to love, they sure do have a lot of hate for things they don’t agree with. Whether it’s vaccination views
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Married mums, single mums, co-parenting mums, husband-works-away mums — it seems there are so many different types of mums these days. And with this comes an undercurrent of martyr-ism —
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The other day, my toddler woke up grumpy. And when I say grumpy, I mean scream-the-house-down-for-30-nerve-wracking-minutes grumpy! And absolutely, nothing would please him or calm him down. In essence, by
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It is so easy just to spurt out a few throwaway lines to your child in the heat of the moment without considering the consequence. Things that you were possibly
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I swear my second born child should have a sticker attached to the front of her that says “Meh.” Nothing more. Just “Meh.” Not that I don’t care about her,
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Parenting is hard, but are there ways to make the process just a little bit easier? We certainly think so! In fact, we think that hacks, like the 15 that
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I have been called many things in my life; a bitch, manipulative, intimidating to name a few. Some things I will apologise for, I know my faults (namely the first
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Parents and children don’t always seem to be functioning on quite the same level in terms of communication. But are the things that you’re doing, often subconsciously, actually making your
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At the risk of opening the judgemental parenting floodgates, I’ll admit it, I’ve smacked my kids. I was smacked as a child and I have, on occasion, given my kids a smack across
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