Everyone Can Run Fast Down Hill
I am a great advocate for kids in sport and all kinds of physical activity. I think there is so many skills and benefits to be gained. One thing I didn’t anticipate as a child is the life long lessons I would learn. I was still quite young when I pushed and pushed my dad […]
Trusting Your Mother Instincts with Your Kids
My son is in grade 1. He told me that sometimes the words on the page are “fuzzy.” When I was listening to his readers I would notice he skipped words or would miss a word and then read the words out of sequence. I was thinking that maybe he was dyslexic but had no […]
Learning to Ask for Help when you are Sick – One Mother’s Story
When I say I am an independent, private person, what I mean is I don’t like others seeing my seen-better-days Target knickers and wondering why I have 10 cans of corn in the pantry. And, when I say I was recently ill, what I mean is I found myself in hospital recovering from surgery, and […]
A Mother’s Day Wish – If Only
It is that time of the year again when the shops are full of Mother’s day cards, every shop is selling stuff but mostly not so useful items at ridiculous prices. Fathers and children are not only making/buying cards but also buying “not so useful” gifts and making burnt toast with a hard boiled blue […]
Struggling to Enjoy Your Child – There is Hope
My first daughter is just like me. Ever since she started to walk and talk she was full on. Knew exactly what she wanted and would battle me for it with everything she had. To be honest I struggled. It is quite common to struggle with children who are just like you. I guess you […]
The Dawn Of The Tweens – I Was Not Prepared
Do you know how many results you get when you search the word “Tweens” on Google? An astronomical 12,700,000 entries and counting. That is absolutely mind boggling. I have two boys, ages 11 and nearly 10. The youngest son is turning 10 in May and he cannot wait to enter the double digit phase. “Why on earth […]
Anxious Child Starting School – One Mother’s Story
As a mum I had prepared myself for tears, tantrums and toilet training. And although they took there toll, especially since my daughter is the must stubborn girl in the world it seems (well maybe with the exception of her mum!), these things seemed easy compared with trying to send my anxious daughter into the world. […]