Classic: Kid wants a pet, mom doesn't

When you play your trump card, and things don't turn out the way you planned, there's nothing else to do but to try and save face. Insufficient evidence So in the matter of the mystery of the Stolen Bonbons I find that there is insufficient evidence to try and convict anybody. The perp has not...

For years I wished my eldest son would take more of an interest in appearance. He just threw on the nearest shirt and pants he could find on the floor, and his hair was so fat, you could easily fry an egg in it. And two sausages. I should have known better! Because doesn't the...

Life with my son Ot who is ten, is like an endless game of poker: who has the best pokerface, and who will fold first? Take dinner for instance. Ot will start the game Ot will start the game by saying: 'Yuck, I don't like it. I won't eat this!' And then I will say:...

Now that the kids are home áll the time during Summer Vacation my life has become utter bliss. I've fallen in love with my children all over again. We spend all our time together playing games of Monopoly, and not ónce do we fight about who gets to use the piece of the little doggy...

Moving house is a process. A process in which you have to let go of the old, and embrace the new. Because I felt it was important the kids were aware of this process, I felt it was my maternal duty to remind them about our upcoming move. Repetitively. So when I served them macaroni...