Parenting Mantras

ARRRGGHHH..the soul crushing pain, the humiliation, the tears that will never stop flowing, don’t look at me I’m hideous...

Just like the flu season, it’s exam season and each are regarded with extreme dread and animosity.

When you hear the word “sibling”, rivalry almost immediately follows suit. Growing up with a sibling, however close you ...

My arms fail forward and I grasp a tuft of carefully coiffed pigtail, I tug mercilessly.

O where art thou?...O beautiful soother of mine. Here I am in my P.J’s, it’s way past my bed time, it’s quite late...

Every family with children has one. The one that is in your face, loud, argumentative, demands constant acknowledgement, makes every...

“Muuummm” screams my toddler. She is sitting in her play pen whilst I attend to my umpteenth task. “Just a few mor...

Mum had some of her buddies over the other day for tea, and they tried to distract me with some Play Doh whilst all they did was gos...

We tend to assume that our children are our mini-me’s. Yes they have the same features, the same little nuances that make them...

Constipation, you ain’t no friend of mine. Dear friends you find me in an extremely sticky predicament. In fact I am a tad emb...

Okay so I’ve got so much energy in me..I just can’t stop. Dad sits with his head in his hands whilst I beautifully do sw...

Recently I was asked to return back to work for a short period, elated I couldn’t wait to start, but reality set in sooner tha...

Our children are wondrous creatures capable of levels of brilliance that we thought never possible and leave us in constant states o...

Tantrums and I are just very good friends these days. So I got the red cup and not the blue…let’s just scream for an ho...

Listen lady who we call “Nanny” and who Mummy has abandoned me to whilst she goes and does something much less important...

As adults we seldom welcome interruptions and one doesn’t choose to interrupt someone in the middle of a busy task unless they...

Respect – An important part of any relationship starts with RESPECT.

Being a mother and constantly at someone’s beck and call, looking back, I quite liked my carefree childhood.

Started from the bottom now we’re here, started from the bottom now my whole team here babeee!!.

Today we have Minelle taking on the 'Toughsix'. Here's what she had to say. Enjoy!

In my books I feel children should be heard rather than seen, despite what great Auntie Matilda says. She’s always going on ab...

Nestled comfortably in my lap my youngest looks busy at my desk, curls bobbing tenderly, fingers lightly tapping the keyboard, all i...

Today, Siyath answers the important 6..

I think taking a bath is overrated. I mean why the need to douse yourself with so much water and then scrub every nook and cranny cl...

I have probably touched on this subject more times than I like to mention. Why don’t the children listen to us parents?

Ravin - Well it depends.....if you and your partner have been in a long term relationship for sometime like over a 2 years at minimu...

I don’t know why I do it. I don’t know why I sometimes feel the need to cry uncontrollably, maybe I’m practicing f...

The alarm clock ignites the day with a sharp clear shrill. It’s six o clock, groggy and still full of sleep I roll out of bed....

Today Desiree takes on our tough six and this is what she had to say…