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
My just 5-year-old daughter attends the most special preschool around. It is set among trees with a large area of grass, sandpit, vege patch and even chooks. It almost in the middle of the city but you wouldn’t know it. The staff are wonderful and all three of my kids have been through it. This… Continue Reading
Have you ever heard of conscious parenting? It is much bigger in the US than it is in Australia and the UK. I had never given the topic much attention, but last week I heard it talked about in four different parenting circles, so I decided do my research aka put ‘conscious parenting’ into Google… 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
Resilience has become the buzz word in schools over the past decade and there have been many self help parenting books written on the topic. When we were growing up, I don’t remember anyone talking about how important it was to build resilience and why it was necessary. So why now? The definition of resilience… Continue Reading
Today’s motivational Monday quote resonates with me. I would love to think I can instil all the values I need to into my children so they can confidently walk the road of life ahead of them. Being a parent is probably THE most responsible job as you walk with your child to help them become… Continue Reading