Rock bottom

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...

Things my kids like, that I don't Playing Tag, you're it! in the living room Playing Hide and Seek in the living room Playing Cowboys and Indians with waterpistols in the living room Plastic toys that break if you look at them Jokes about farting Farting Playing games on the the Nintendo all day long...

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...

'Mommy, Johnny has ADHD,' my youngest son declared in his little boy's voice. 'Oh? How do you know?' 'He told me.' 'Oh, and what does it mean?' I treaded carefully, not wanting to put words into his mouth. 'It means you are a very naughty boy, and you laugh when you're doing naughty stuff,' Piet...

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...

Have you noticed when you lovingly ask your child: 'How was school today?' the answer is usually a shrug, and if you get réálly lucky a 'Dunno'. Experts say we're asking the wrong question. You're supposed to ask specific questions like: 'What did so and so teach you about the birds and the bees in...