Tag: parenting

When Your Child is Teased for Having [a] Gay Parent[s]

When Your Child is Teased for Having [a] Gay Parent[s]

This is another one of those topics which aren’t particularly nice to have to discuss, but one which is very necessary to discuss nevertheless. In all honestly we haven’t as yet experienced any one of our girls reporting to us that they’ve been teased for…

Planning the Inevitable Birds and the Bees Talk

Planning the Inevitable Birds and the Bees Talk

Having a really good memory can be both a blessing and a curse, whether each of these at different times or both at the very same time! It was indeed this realisation which led me to sit the kids down with my partner and have…

IMPORTANT – Taking a Pause to Count Your Blessings

IMPORTANT – Taking a Pause to Count Your Blessings

This is perhaps as philosophical as I’m going get in a very long time to come, but yeah, sometimes it takes travelling to someplace miles and miles away from home to realise just how blessed you are with what you have in your home environment.…

Nothing Beats a Parent’s Love for Their Children

Nothing Beats a Parent’s Love for Their Children

This post is perhaps as much for the kids as it is for their parents – the kids who are old enough to realise that they can get a lot of value out of reading a blog about parenting, that is… But yeah, I can…

Kids, Chores and Finances – a Concise Approach to Teaching These Lessons

Kids, Chores and Finances – a Concise Approach to Teaching These Lessons

As children grow up and start to establish their own ways of approaching the many challenges which come with life, the best that you can do as a parent is to equip them the best tools they can use to navigate those challenges. Whether we…

Becoming An Active Part of Your Children’s Education

Becoming An Active Part of Your Children’s Education

As parents, we all tell ourselves that we are invested in our children’s education. It is the single most important thing in their lives and is paramount to them becoming a successful member of society. But how involved are you actually? Asking them if they’ve…