It always happens when you’re at your most tired and looking after the kids by yourself. One or multiple children engage in a maddening act that would be enough to make a grown man cry. This happened to me yesterday. It was the end of a very busy patch with my husband absent more often …
If you’re struggling to cope with the graphic details and images you’re exposed to in the media lately (cyclones, acts of terrorism and violence), imagine what must be going through the minds of your children. Children contend with these images according to their age and development. Little ones will often mix what is real with …
Whether we like it or not, you and I are pioneers in this brave new world of parenting in cyberspace. Answering questions our parents never had to deal with like; is my child too young to have a twitter account? When should I buy my kid his first ipod? And how much computer time is …