No Regrets

Parenting

Well it's that time of the year to write that article... that article where I lament about how I could have parented better, whe...

A year in regret...

Parenting

Is it too late now to say sorry, cause Santa I'm missing your Christmas pressies, So I'm in a spot of trouble unfortunately....

The True Gifts of the Season

Parenting

The house is decorated in festive cheer of twinkling lights, wobbly Santa candles, and colourful poinsettias dot the house with of c...

Survival Tips for Parents

Parenting

Parenting, as you know, is a bizarre occupation to get oneself involved in. Whether we do it willingly or by sudden occurrence, ther...

What's Mine Is Mine!

Parenting

“It’s MINE”, I scream “Everything is mine, the table is mine, the chair, the pen, the nanny, IT’S MINE...

Walking the Seasonal Tightrope

Parenting

It's December and it's Christmas time HOORAY! For a moment I wallow in the toe curling satisfaction of the joys of the seaso...

Motivation

Parenting

There are many a parenting day that goes by when I don’t roll my eyes in despair and think WHY isn’t my children motivat...

Saying goodbye to Teddy

Parenting

After a hazardous day of parenting there’s nothing more I look forward to than a nice bath followed by a huge steaming cup of ...

Mr. and Mrs. Insensitive

Parenting

Fellow diaper peeps, I hate to be all Mr. Doom and Gloom, but I'm only two and half and I can't reach the jujubes jar and Mu...

Just Kidding

Parenting

As a parent with young children, I am all to familiar with the rising panic that overwhelms me as one of my children's birthday&...

Attachment Parenting

Parenting

Having children ranging from ages one to nine, attachment parenting is a lifestyle I adopt wholeheartedly. I am there at the crack o...

The Fight Is Real!

Parenting

I have been watching the parents. I have made discoveries. And fellow baby peeps the findings will knock your flowery socks off! The...

Handling pre-teens!

Parenting

There amidst the peaceful serenity of your house, hidden behind closed doors of rooms filled with One Direction posters, Twilight sa...

Toddler Conundrums

Parenting

Us toddlers, have a secret code of ethics that we live by. If you're not toddler you don't know what I am talking about, wel...

School Playground Dynamics

Parenting

Outwardly innocent, filled with the laughter of children, the school playground dupitiously is a pit of childhood politics that can ...

Being Parents

Parenting

When does that point where the greatest relationship in our life, ‘parent to child’ come to an untimely death?. When my ...

Temper Button

Parenting

Let's face it, in this doggy dog world of parenting, kids are ruthless participants. They don't play fair, they scream, they...

Destructive Toddlers

Parenting

I don't know why I do it. But sometimes being bad is just much more easy than being good...especially when you're two and th...

Parenting Nanny : School stress

Parenting

My child who recently started senior

Baby Banter : Turn the lights out

Parenting

I feel quite fragile this morning. Unfortunately due to certain antics by t

The Secret Cost of “Shaming”

Parenting

In our Sri Lankan societies, I feel the act of “shaming” is used as a way of disciplining a child all too frequently. We...

Turn the lights out XOXO

Parenting

I feel quite fragile this morning. Unfortunately due to certain antics by the CEB department I couldn't get my beauty sleep, for...

When Opposites Clash!

Parenting

I am a perfectionist, I'd rather be early to an appointment than late even if it is a four year old's birthday party, the to...

Protecting the innocents..

Parenting

Any story of a missing child affects me, for as a parent I feel for the missing child's parents and their loss. The pain, the gr...

Teaching your toddler...

Parenting

‘What’s this letter?, It’s ‘N’’, I say to my three year old. ‘N for nose, N for nangi, N, ...

The broken relationship

Parenting

Face it, there comes a period in your child's life where you, the parent, are not perfect. When I say perfect I mean your childr...

Channelling Finding Nemo!

Parenting

Not sure if you were following the trials and tribulations of our dear family of four, but last week the gullible parents decided to...

I have a question!

Parenting

Dawn breaks over the Jayasinghe household and as I rise to the sounds of birds chirping, as clear as a bell I hear my three year old...

Mummy Travels: Summer Programme

Parenting

This summer saw the introduction of the summer programme by the Soul Sounds Academy run by Soundarie David. The Soul Sounds choir, ...