“He told me I was being unfair and was picking favorites and acting like a hypocrite” As a parent, you soon learn that every new stage brings fresh challenges. They also bring more joy, new experiences and an ever-growing bond, but we’re allowed talk about the hard bits too, right? One challenge they don’t teach […]
4 years ago
Not too long ago, we started the whole pocket money thing in our house. As in – my daughter, who is nine, will get €5 every Saturday – on the condition that she has to help out with chores at home. These include setting and clearing the table, hoover her bedroom, help fold her own […]
6 years ago
Teaching our children about responsibility is a life-long parenting challenge.
9 years ago
My four-year-old son insisted on dressing himself this morning. He almost got out the door to pre-school in swimmer trunks, jeans for a six-year-old, a Ninja Turtles t-shirt and a leather jacket. So ok, he looked pretty cool, but it wasn’t entirely practical. And I was torn; I wanted him to feel like a cool […]
10 years ago