Walking the Seasonal Tightrope

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...

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 ...

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...

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&...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

My child who recently started senior

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

So this relationship between Big Sis and me is indeed a curious one.  Okay she was here before me, seniority doesn't really...

Children from alcoholic families are at risk of learning disability, school failure, emotional problems, and later, criminality and alc...

This week on Parenting Nanny

With my youngest starting nursery at the end of the summer “potty training”

On a recent shopping trip my children were immediately attracted to a collection of brightly coloured, stuffed toys. Covered in loca...

The soft summer breeze tickles my bare bottom, it's hot and I hate to sweat so there goes off the clothes, I strip as exasperate...