‘Mummy, I get very angry when people at school and at gymnastics call me cute. I am NOT CUTE! Why do they have to call me that?!’ I asked what cute meant and she said ‘nice, lovely, pretty’. She didn’t want to be defined just by those words. We thought about it for a while … Continue reading Why even a 5 year old can see that referring to a child as ‘cute’ is not right!
My husband said something yesterday that made me stop and think. It wasn’t anything mega clever, it wasn’t rocket science, it wasn’t anything that was out of ordinary. And yet his words touched me and I needed to pause for a second. We were talking about achievements and after agreeing that our daughter was amazing, … Continue reading Parental (too) high expectations
‘Mummy, I know what paramedics do! They take people to hospital!’ ‘That’s right, and they also help people when they come in the ambulance when there’s no doctor around. Would you like to be a paramedic?’ ‘No, I want to be a mummy!’ ‘I see! You can be a mummy and a paramedic. I am … Continue reading The Mother of Snakes
The views on the choice of schools are divided. Criteria that parents are guided by while choosing a school differ from one family to another. Some parents think it doesn’t matter which school you choose as they are all the same, whilst some parents start to look into it before their child is even born. … Continue reading Why the choice of primary school matters for your child
One thing I am dreading as a parent is test results. Be it maths, literacy, science, sport - you name it. My whole life I've been told that no matter how hard one tries, if it's not visible in the results, it's worth nothing at all. Statements like 'but I've studied for hours!' or 'I … Continue reading Result vs. effort
Ballsed -up Parenting 