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15
Sep
2016
AdviceParenting
One of my boys came home from school one day convinced he’d found his “calling in life” and yes, he actually did refer to it as a calling, although I suspect he’d heard that word…
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16
Aug
2016
AdviceFamily LifeParenting
As if just being around to make sure your children don’t eventually find those creative ways to kill themselves they seem to be looking for as they grow up isn’t enough of a challenge on…
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29
Jul
2016
AdviceParenting
Having been involved in my children’s Parents and Teachers Association (PTA), I’ve had the pleasure of being able to look in on the lives of this great institution we call the school and also to…
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6
Jun
2016
AdviceParenting
One of the biggest challenges parents will ever have to deal with in their lives is that dreaded period in your children’s lives when they reach the experimental phase. From the time they become conscious…
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21
May
2016
AdviceOCDParenting
This isn’t the in OCD me speaking here, but rather just a parent who has made an observation -- not that I can ever really separate myself from my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. So anyway, I’ve…
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11
Apr
2016
NewsParenting
Parenthood sometimes presents us with rather exciting lessons to learn ourselves in trying to teach those very lessons to our kids, for instance, I just don’t know what on earth I used to do with…
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6
Mar
2016
Parenting
I found myself deep in thought one day, with my OCD mind unpacking some of the family traditions I’d been subjected to growing up, many of which I must say I successfully managed to get…
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23
Jan
2016
OCDParenting
As part of my lifelong OCD ‘treatment’ I used to have a bi-weekly session with a specialised psychologist who’s been a big part of my life since my late teenage years. She was the one…
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18
Nov
2015
AdviceParenting
It’s always nice to be able to go on something like a field trip which effectively kills two birds with one stone and educates all in tow in addition to making for a lot of…
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16
Oct
2015
AdviceParenting
One of the things that made me fall in love with the mother of my kids in the first place ironically came to the fore in its strongest form when we separated, that being her…
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