It's a bit of a scary world we live in for us parents of 2018. I often feel like we're kind of pioneers. We're on unknown territory. We didn't grow up in a digital world, but our children do. So how are we supposed to know what's best, and how do we guide or children...
When your children take the next step to adulthood, as a mom you have to take a step forwards too. But that's often easier said than done. When my oldest son was sixteen I started a new school. Which meant he had to ride his bike for 40 minutes to the nearest train station, and...
Parenting can be hard, especially when your kids are younger. This makes taking some time out for yourself even more difficult when you need it the most. But if you do get some me-time, instead of feeling guilty about it, try to spend it in the most relaxing way possible to come out of this...
My fourteen year old son sat on the couch, and subjected me to his music, which made me yearn for an acute loss of hearing. While he was torturing me, he chatted with a friend on his Facebookpage. I couldn't help but take a peek. Whát is he saying?! 'Have you finally gotten a real...
As a mom it's very important to me, my kids are well mannered. So if somebody says something, and they didn't quite catch it, I don't want them saying: 'Huh?' The correct answer is... To teach them this, for every 'Huh', I offer the correct response: 'What did you say?' Unfortunately this parenting method turned...
My husband's parenting powers lack a certain shall we say, prowess? When he shouts: 'Okay kids, time for bed!' they pay him no heed. And when he orders them to clean up their room, they vanish into thin air. Mom Power: use it sparingly I usually pretend I don't see. Because how else is he...
Image source: Shutterstock As a modern day mom I've read all the dire warnings about the dangers of the internet. Especially for children. I often tell them: 'You may think you're chatting with a 14 year old girl, but it may very well be a dirty old man!' I'm going virtual! So to keep an...
Panting with admiration I watched a documentary featuring a father of 12. He stayed so cool, even though havoc surrounded him! So that's how to do it! I sat on the edge of my couch when he told the audience how he maintained his cool under the pressure of such a big family. His precise...
Source image: Shutterstock 'I don't want you looking at my timeline!' It sounds like a line from a futuristic science fiction movie, but I swear it's straight from my daily life as a mom in the year 2016. Kind of eavesdropping Last Friday I was busy in the kitchen, having my cake and eating it...
I went to pick up my two youngest sons from a playdate, and there on the dining roomtable, lay the remnants of a game of Monopoly. Four players There'd obviously been four players, and judging from the different piles of money one of them was rich enough to buy the White House, and the second...
