Category: Parenting

Children/Family Life/Parenting

How to Raise Happy “Global” Children

We live in a world of connection. In one respect, this is a negative. For example, the notion of quality family time has been replaced with everybody lingering on their...

Children/Family/Family Life/Parenting

You are who you are

Little Legs is such a strong-willed child, a free spirit and certainly beats to the rhythm of her own drum. She isn’t your stereotypical girly girl but that doesn’t mean...

Parenting

Parents don’t get sick days

Let’s face it, as parents we don’t get sick days, we can’t call in sick. These little people, well, they rely on us for pretty much everything. So even on...

Parenting

Exercise, obesity, road safety – what’s a parent to do?

There’s been a lot of coverage in the media recently about how kids don’t get half as much what we might call “incidental” exercise as they used to. These days,...

Parenting

“Quick wrap everything in bubble wrap”– First time parents

I never realised how dangerous my home could be before I had Isabelle, but as soon as she became mobile I was sent into panic mode. Every room possessed some...

Family/Parenting

Parenting: Life as we know it

The Mr and I are a slightly eccentric couple and on some level I guess you can call us immature. Of course in terms of our lives we are still...

Parenting

Just a Mum?

Some of you may know already that being a parent wasn’t exactly my life plan but now that I am, I’m pretty much into this parenting lark. Since having Isabelle I have...

Parenting

Parenting: Where does the time go?

Since having Isabelle I have become very aware of the time, before I was very relaxed and only glanced at the clock a couple of times a day. Now on...