It’s 7pm. It feels like the longest hour of the day. The final hour before bedtime. In our home, 8pm is the target. The kids bed time. This hour – for me – is usually the most challenging and ‘patience-testing’ hour of the day! Depending on what time your children go to bed, […]
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Is it just my toddler who is super active? Does anyone else have toddlers who seem to have bursts of energy ALL THE TIME? (Scene: 7am. We hear the sound of the rubbish truck in the distance) Mr. 3: what’s that noise? Mum: probably the rubbish truck. Mr. 3: yeah why? Mum: it’s here
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One of the arguments of feminist revolutionaries championed by Germaine Greer was that gender conditioning was alive and well in our culture and that it was a form of sexual politics. In other words girls are conditioned to be feminine, to like pretty things, play with dolls and play house and other such ‘girly’
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Growing up I always felt as though we, my siblings and I, didn’t do enough around the house. This was something I was not keen to replicate with my own children. But the question remains, how do you encourage your children to help around the house from an early age? I don’t presume to have
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We are currently on the final countdown for baby number 4. Having just hit 2 weeks until our due date we are all getting more excited and, dare I say it, impatient by the day. From the 12 week mark we have always encouraged our children to participate in the new baby journey. They are the
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Every time feminism becomes a battle ground between women who chose marriage and family and women who chose to put their careers first I wince as once again as feminism is lost in bickering and petty infighting about one’s life choices and aspirations. Feminism is not a validation of every single decision a woman makes
In a few weeks, my eldest child starts school. As we prepare by learning to tie shoelaces, raising your hand when you want to speak, to not hitting his brothers (note: other classmates); it’s mostly an exciting experience. Though, I feel slightly sad. He’ll learn to love his more experienced, all-round calmer kindergarten teacher. He’ll
I decided to write this article because I have been using the ‘time out’ disciplinary method for a little while now and I have found it very effective. I also heard the complaints and concerns of other mother’s who have ‘tried’ the timeout method and found it didn’t work. After further discussion I found the
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Good morning! That is if you managed some sleep last night. I consider myself lucky as both by 3-year old and baby awoke at the same time last night, 3am; one for a feed and the other from a bad dream. I am humored how my ideas of sleep have changed so drastically, from expecting
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Being a parent is a challenging job! There are some days when I question why I acted or reacted a certain way with my children. Was it the best way? Could I have responded with more patience and remained more calm and composed? As parents, we want to try and maintain a close and open
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