Mom Alert!

My twelve year old son Ot  is working hard at school. That has not always been his way. In fact, all parent-teacher conversations went along the line: ‘He just doesn’t seem to care.’ But he has decided he wants to become a Game Designer, and that seems to have lit a fire under him! But…

I was taking a shower, enjoying some peace and quiet. Then my eldest son ran in, with barely concealed glee, brandishing a note. The note read: ‘Fuk’. ‘Mommy! That’s the word daddy said! I wrote it down so I could show you, because we’re not allowed to use thóse words!’ I frowned sternly, partly because…

Kids… They’re a lot like a box of chocolates. Like Forrest Gump said:  ‘You never know what you’re gonna get.’ Even though I would like to be That Mom who always gets it right. I usually get it quite wrong… Bowling or McDonalds In our family we have instituted the tradition that the birthday boy…

‘Mom, I need a haircut,’ my eldest son Jan who’s sixteen told me. He’s been sporting this terrible ‘emo hairdo’ which looks like some toddler took a pair of scissors to it. I still can’t believe I actually had to páy the hair dresser to get it looking like that… Why don’t you let your…

When your child goes on a school field trip, or heads of to camp, it is very important to hide your motherly doubts and fears in a place deep inside of you, so as not to bother your kid with yóúr bagage. Fail The mom in picture 1A has not understood this important principle. She…

I arrived at school to pick up my two youngest sons, and saw a little gathering of parents already there. Feverishly I tried to think of something to say, because I feel it’s important to socialize as a parent. Although I wish I didn’t, because groups and I are a bad combo. I walked towards…