Petesmom

I was sitting at the therapist's office with my eldest son. He was diagnosed with PDD-NOS when he was eleven, and when he hit puberty he had some trouble remembering the meaning of life. Of course I tóld him what the meaning of life was, but he wasn't impressed. So I took him so see...

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...

After reading prof. dr. Manfred Spitzer's book titled 'Digitale Demenz' I got a bee in my bonnet about the kids spending too much time playing computer games. I found Spitzer unpleasantly convincing when I read his sorry tale, telling me that kids' brains dumb down if they spend too much time behind a screen. I...

'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...