As parents, we spend the majority of our time teaching our kids the ‘right’ habits or behaviours. When I asked the BombardedMum community last week – ‘What’s your biggest parent challenge at the moment?’, resoundingly, the answers from mums was associated with the challenges to form some sort of habit with their children. One mum… Continue Reading
You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow they’ll be a little older than they were today. This day is a gift. Just breathe, notice, study their faces and little feet. Pay attention. Relish the charms of the present. Enjoy today, it will be over before you know it. Even when typing… Continue Reading
17-year-old Malala Yousafzai is an inspiration. At age 15, she was shot in the head by the Taliban because she wanted an education for her and every other girl in Pakistan. She defied all odds and survived the ordeal. The Taliban took away her freedom to live in Pakistan, but her fight for the right… Continue Reading
Nature versus Nurture is a huge topic in parenting and not one that can be covered quickly, but it comes up so often as a cause and effect of many behaviours and quirks in our children it is worth thinking about. The premise of the debate is whether behaviours and personalities of our children are… Continue Reading
There is a new app being used by child care centres – an app that allows parents to get updates of their children throughout the day when they are at work. If there is something special their child has done, the childcare worker posts into the app and sends a notification to the parents. Parents… Continue Reading
No doubt about it, being a parent can be hard. I have had three sick kids at home for six days and I know I have to keep them off school for one more day before they regain the energy to go back. I have had some pretty special moments with the kids during this… Continue Reading