Rock bottom

The kids are playing outside all the time. They look filthy as pigs, but who cares. Right now they're shooting a movie featuring my youngest son Piet as Indiana Jones, and my middle son Ot as the villain. My mommy cup runneth over! They're using their imagination and getting lots of exercise in the great...

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:...

My sons Pete is very loud. He shouts a lot. I think all that shouting means he's got a surplus of energy. So, if I make sure his energy level goes down, he should shout less! I put my thinking cap on and came up with this brilliant mathematical equation: Pete has got to much...

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...

Don't you just hate the annual avalanche of articles telling you how to deal with your kids yelling: 'Mommy I'm bored?!' I suspect they're written by experts, sitting behind their comfy desk, while sipping the cup of coffee their secretary just brought in. They probably thought: 'Ah! It's that time of year again! Let's hash...