Summer is a marvelous time of year. It’s a great time for outdoor fun with your children. Get the kids off the computer, away from the TV or Nintendo and get them and yourself out in the sun. But the days are long and your ideas might be few and far between. Let me give […]
With a little planning you can find ways to incorporate workouts into the time you spend with your children. A mothers’ daily calendar is almost always over-scheduled. Each day usually starts early and ends late. It may include lots of running in circles (at least it can feel that way). But it is probably lacking […]
My sister posted a present to her nephew (my son) which arrived the other day. Sure, it was exciting getting a present, but the cover of the DVD didn’t excite him. It was an old fashioned (just OLD) movie. One from Mummy’s childhood. Brand new movies are great! It’s so much fun standing in line […]
What is your plan for Valentine Day 2017? Do you plan to make a plan for Valentine Day this year? The next big goal on your list of 2017 may be to make Valentine’s day a truly special day for your partner. I’m getting in early with this post (although I’ve started to hear advertising […]
Sometimes bloggers get a little bit off track and blogs (being blogs) get off-topic. This is a bit off topic to my normal blog posts, but it’s important to me and may also be of interest to some of you. So it’s the first of June. I can’t believe how much time seems to have […]
Ok – I’ve bitten the bullet and started my son, Darcy on Ritalin this morning. It’s been a long journey to get to this point, and I’ve learned more about myself and about my son in these months than ever before. More on that later. Sunday 24/4/2016. My 7 y.o. son, Darcy, is an […]
Delegate Chores and Motivate Your Family to Do More By Kristen Wint Many moms find it hard to delegate chores to their children and spouses, as they often feel like they only have so many hours to spend with their families and don’t want to waste precious time bickering about who is doing what. The […]
I searched for answers to my question about the challenging behavior of my 6 year old. I knew full well that challenging behavior in young children starts with the parents. What I found was an eye-opening piece by respected author Gayle Peterson. It is realistic to expect your son to follow appropriate house rules. It […]
I’ll start with a question. What do you psychologically connect with the words Christmas Holidays? Is it happiness, spirituality, gratitude, replenishment and enjoyment. Preferably your answer to that will be yes. But, I know that for many families the tensions and strains of Christmas can take their toll and I understand how essential vacation anxiety […]
What is a “Healthy Friendship” anyway? Sometimes – often-times, you’ll find yourself thinking about your friends. About your friend list. Online friends have become pretty important in today’s world. I have a ridiculous number of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn “Friends”. I really get a lot of value from these “friends”. But sometimes I get […]
Are you searching for some tips to manage work/life balance? I struggled for many years to achieve a balance between my working life and my personal life and I would like to share with you some of the tips that have worked for me. Work/Life balance is a terminology every 9-5 worker will be familiar […]