If you type the words ‘parenting tips’ into Google, your search will yield upwards of 290 million hits. Yup, that’s right. We’re all so anxiety-ridden about not messing up this parenting thing that we devour anything written on how to parent to such an extent that there are now millions upon millions of books and […]
11 months ago
The gender of our children can impact how we converse, play with, and even spend money on them In 2014, Ohio State University shared their findings with Science Daily. Researchers discovered that women who waited to find out the baby’s sex until birth had more egalitarian views of gender roles; they tended to believe that […]
11 months ago
Are we practising what we preach? When raising children, to most of us parents anyway, isn’t the goal to make them into nice, caring people? We want them to be kind and respectful, to include and pay it forward and above everything, to not bully or cause harm to others. However, how good are we […]
2 years ago
When it comes to parenting, I am a fierce believer in that there are so many different ways of doing it, and whatever works for one family, might not be the way another family chose to do things. And that is perfectly fine. Because at the end of the day, what matters is that your […]
2 years ago
You’ve got this. Parenting is certainly not an easy job. There is no manual, there are no instructions, no training, nothing. Only those who have been a parent will know how truly scary it was that day they let you walk out of the hospital with your very first baby – as if they thought […]
2 years ago
Genius. One mum’s family chore chart recently went viral, with parents applauding her for her genius system. Working on a points system, Australian mum-of-two Keira Alexander created a spreadsheet that gives points for doing chores around the house, but fines for things such as clothes or towels on the floor, a messy room, backchat, or being […]
3 years ago