Controlling your “attention seeker”

Parenting

Every family with children has one. The one that is in your face, loud, argumentative, demands constant acknowledgement, makes every...

The Bored Toddler

Parenting

“Muuummm” screams my toddler. She is sitting in her play pen whilst I attend to my umpteenth task. “Just a few mor...

I’m in a mood!

Parenting

Mum had some of her buddies over the other day for tea, and they tried to distract me with some Play Doh whilst all they did was gos...

The Difficult One

Parenting

We tend to assume that our children are our mini-me’s. Yes they have the same features, the same little nuances that make them...

Stuck On You

Parenting

Constipation, you ain’t no friend of mine. Dear friends you find me in an extremely sticky predicament. In fact I am a tad emb...

The Energizer Bunny

Parenting

Okay so I’ve got so much energy in me..I just can’t stop. Dad sits with his head in his hands whilst I beautifully do sw...

Free Your Children

Parenting

Recently I was asked to return back to work for a short period, elated I couldn’t wait to start, but reality set in sooner tha...

Holding on to Brilliance

Parenting

Our children are wondrous creatures capable of levels of brilliance that we thought never possible and leave us in constant states o...

Tantrum Victim

Parenting

Tantrums and I are just very good friends these days. So I got the red cup and not the blue…let’s just scream for an ho...

The Dark Side

Parenting

Listen lady who we call “Nanny” and who Mummy has abandoned me to whilst she goes and does something much less important...

Baby Interrupted.

Parenting

As adults we seldom welcome interruptions and one doesn’t choose to interrupt someone in the middle of a busy task unless they...

Respecting your partner

Parenting

Respect – An important part of any relationship starts with RESPECT.

Exhausting..

Parenting

Being a mother and constantly at someone’s beck and call, looking back, I quite liked my carefree childhood.

Started from the bottom..

Parenting

Started from the bottom now we’re here, started from the bottom now my whole team here babeee!!.

Toughsix: Minelle

Parenting

Today we have Minelle taking on the 'Toughsix'. Here's what she had to say. Enjoy!

Talk This Way..

Parenting

In my books I feel children should be heard rather than seen, despite what great Auntie Matilda says. She’s always going on ab...

Spending Time With Kids

Parenting

Nestled comfortably in my lap my youngest looks busy at my desk, curls bobbing tenderly, fingers lightly tapping the keyboard, all i...

Toughloveanswered: Siyath

Parenting

Today, Siyath answers the important 6..

Dirt is good!

Parenting

I think taking a bath is overrated. I mean why the need to douse yourself with so much water and then scrub every nook and cranny cl...

Why don't they listen?

Parenting

I have probably touched on this subject more times than I like to mention. Why don’t the children listen to us parents?

Who is more important?

Parenting

Ravin - Well it depends.....if you and your partner have been in a long term relationship for sometime like over a 2 years at minimu...

I just don’t know why?

Parenting

I don’t know why I do it. I don’t know why I sometimes feel the need to cry uncontrollably, maybe I’m practicing f...

"Extraordinary" Parenting Days

Parenting

The alarm clock ignites the day with a sharp clear shrill. It’s six o clock, groggy and still full of sleep I roll out of bed....

Toughloveanswered: Desiree

Parenting

Today Desiree takes on our tough six and this is what she had to say…

The Mom-paparazzi

Parenting

I rule the roost like a boss!. So I cry people come running, I fall down and Mum’s almost got the ambulance at the doorstep, i...

Music was my first love….

Parenting

There is always music in my house, from either the kids dancing around to tunes on the radio during dinner, my son practicing his ch...

Privacy in Relationships

Parenting

Your Opinion – The right to privacy in a relationship

Toughloveanswered: Cathy

Parenting

This week, we have Cathy taking on the tough 6 for you. This is what she had to say…

Attention Seekers

Parenting

Bringing up my babies and constantly being at their beck and call, I would wistfully take comfort in the fact that as they got older...