I made three new year's resolutions this year; one for work, one for running, and one for home - this is the home one: "fix afternoons with the kids so they're less chaotic." But unlike my work and running goals, the home goal isn't specific, nor is it measurable, and it didn't come with any kind of ...
Category: The parenting stuff & the kids
I’m going to be the best parent ever… honest
How To Beat The Daylight Savings Impact – For Parents of Small Kids
Censoring kids’ reading (or not) and running a book clinic
"And then the sixteen-year-old found out she was pregnant too, and she wanted to run away with her boyfriend!" This was the sentence that left me speechless last year, when my then seven-year-old was recounting the plot of the book she was reading. It was a Jacqueline Wilson book that we'd picked up second-hand at the ...
Rewards For Grown-ups Too
The Bookworm Thief
Inside I’m (surely) crying
Dear Universe, I’d like a little word
Dublin, August 2016 Dear Universe, I'd like a little word about something. You see, we had this deal - I do the right thing, and you don't punish me. A very straight-forward agreement. But you don't seem to be holding up your side of the bargain these days, and I think we need to thrash it out. Take ...
Overthinking it at the Sandpit
How I Stopped Shouting at my Kids
My name is Andrea, I'm a yeller, and it's been 163 days since I last shouted at my kids. By no coincidence, it’s precisely 163 days since I had a blow-out shouting match with my six-year-old. She is a chilled out child – my easy one. But unlike her siblings, who are more used to getting in trouble ...