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Why We Don’t Need To Teach Values To Our Children
I met a group of friends for coffee last week. Our gang of 7 year-old boys go to school together and, after dropping them off one morning, we met at a local cafe. Conversation turned to the dreaded teenage years. “Isn’t there a part of their brain that kind of shuts down and renovates itself […]
My Secret to Managing Sibling Conflict
I hear shrieks, followed by two sets of footsteps racing up the stairs to get to me first. My boys burst into the room, words falling out of their mouths before they even reach me. I had been happily minding my own business, making my bed as I listened to a podcast, but now I […]
I Thought “Mother’s Intuition” Wasn’t Real…
Amongst all the advice given to me when I was pregnant, the best was this – listen to your intuition, you know what’s best for your baby. I was quite looking forward to experiencing this thing called “Mother’s Intuition”. To be able to instinctively know what to do would be very handy, especially when it […]
Maybe We Should Argue In Front Of The Kids (Sometimes)
Earlier in the year, my husband and I were arguing at the family dinner table. It wasn’t over anything particularly big, it wasn’t heated and there were no insults or raised voices – we were simply discussing the topic at hand and exchanging our different points of view. Part-way through, I glanced at my son’s […]