Let’s sing

Parenting

Through the Looking Glass

Let’s recall

Parenting

Through the Looking Glass

Raising a son – The hard way

Parenting

My son happens to be the only boy in a family of four children. He is surrounded by women, with his sisters who pester him, a mother...

Let’s unwind

Parenting

“It’s the end of another week.  TGIF or Thank God it’s Friday!  Have you finished your work or do you ne...

Authoritarian Rule

Parenting

I’m not sure what Mrs Pillay’s verdict on the country is BUT I can safely say that in our household, it is definitel...

Teach your child to be lazy….

Parenting

As a child I remember looking forward to summer holidays with lighthearted happiness. 

Love, Shoes and Babysitters

Parenting

My baby senses detect discontentment in the air. All does not seem well with the infantry troops in the household.

Swept off my feet

Parenting

Usually the phrase ‘swept off my feet’ comes with it some excitement, a new love a romantic rendezvous, it hints of the ...

Lets’ all SCREAM for ice-cream!

Parenting

I find this constant battle of wills mildly irritating, Mommy dearest. Last week I had made a decision to curtail my sleeping hours ...

Let’s celebrate

Parenting

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Respect is for the entire family

Parenting

I think it is safe to say that our children’s views on respect differ greatly from what we practised when we were growing up. ...

The two night owls

Parenting

You can sing, you can dance, you can rock me for hours on end, you can powder me from head to toe and wrap me in my comfy Bob the Bu...

Let’s leave

Parenting

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How to raise…..Parents?

Parenting

Having the children at home during the summer holidays has been a real ‘parenting’ eye-opener.

His Royal Highness/ Hotness

Parenting

Oh lawdie lord..it’s happened. There’s a more important baby out there than me, His Royal Highness Prince George made an...

6 Reasons to Sleep Naked

Parenting

A recent study showed that less than 10 percent of Americans sleep in the buff. Not only is it dead sexy, experts swear naked sleep ...

Let’s drive

Parenting

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Let’s pause

Parenting

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It takes a village to raise a child

Parenting

The other day I was at a family event where I met various family members of all shapes and sizes after a long period of time.

The one toothed monster

Parenting

And there it sits, pristine and white, glistening like a shimmering white coral on the floor of the seabed, what could it be, you as...

Let’s unwind

Parenting

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Eeenie Meenie Minie Mo!

Parenting

Eenie Meanie Minie Mo, which one of Dad’s carefully ironed shirts for work, should I crumple and do a drool fest on.

Let’s study

Parenting

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Let’s go

Parenting

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Let’s protect

Parenting

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Summer with kids

Parenting

Well THAT day is finally here, the day I’ve been dreading in trepidation. The start of the summer holidays. 

Baby Banter

Parenting

WE are going on a trip ..WOO HOOO…

Are you balanced?

Parenting

Having just returned from a family holiday in peaceful settings I felt more stressed than I was before I left.

Working NINE to FIVE

Parenting

Since last week I had a toddler friend and we got on so well, laughing together at the little jokes we play on our parents, Mum deci...