You're gonna ruin my bad reputation

My son Piet (6) has set his sights on a waveboard, which is a bit like a skateboard, only much more difficult. We'll rent one first 'We'll go and rent one first,' I told him 'cause I'm frugal that way. 'But it's probably not for rent mommy,' Piet whined. 'Well that would be your bad...

My fourteen year old son sat on the couch, and subjected me to his music, which made me yearn for an acute loss of hearing. While he was torturing me, he chatted with a friend on his Facebookpage. I couldn't help but take a peek. Whát is he saying?! 'Have you finally gotten a real...

Deep down I've always known: I should have been the mom of one of those nature children. You know, the kind that plays outside all day? The fact that my kids are glued to their WII, Computer and Nintendo's, is obviously the result of too much city living. So now that we live in the...

Motherhood has made me vulnerable. And since I've got five children my vulnerability is multiplied by 5. So whenever I hear the sound of an ambulance, or the phone rings at an odd time, I worry. And when teacher call me and ask: 'Are you sitting down? I would like to talk to you for...

E-x-c-u-s-e excuse t-h-e the -w-a-y way I t-a-l-k talk, b-u-t but I s-a-t sat i-n in o-n on t-o-o too m-a-n-y many s-e-s-s-i-o-n-s sessions o-f of s-p-e-e-c-h speech t-h-e-r-a-p-y therapy f-o-r for m-y my s-o-n son. A-n-d and n-o-w now I'm s-u-f-f-e-r-i-n-g suffering f-r-o-m from S-p-e-e-c-h T-h-e-r-a-p-y S-y-n-d-r-o-m-e Speech Therapy Syndrome. T-h-i-s this i-s is a...