by phdinparenting on February 14, 2010
For single people, Valentine’s Day is often society’s cruel way of shoving their singleness in their face. For couples, it is filled with expectations and pressure to spend money to prove how romantic you are. For those reasons, I’ve never been a big fan. But as a parent, it brings on new meaning. The spirit [...]
by phdinparenting on January 15, 2010
Yesterday on the way home in the car my kids had a fight. A fight that resulted in both of them being in tears. A fight that involved me validating their feelings, but also telling them how damn lucky they are that they can get upset over such things.
By way of background to the conversation, [...]
by phdinparenting on December 25, 2009
Just as when we were little, the kids got new pyjamas and settled down with the jolly white bearded guy (that’s my dad, otherwise known as Grandpa Santa Claus) for a reading of Twas the night before Christmas.
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by phdinparenting on November 11, 2009
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by phdinparenting on November 9, 2009
Over the weekend I sent my family away and redecorated their rooms. Until now, Julian has had his own room and Emma has slept with us. We moved Julian into a new bed and a bunch of other new furniture in what used to be the guest room and moved Emma into his old room. [...]
by phdinparenting on October 25, 2009
If you’ve been wanting to learn more about me, this is your chance. This morning I sat down and asked Julian some questions about mothering and about his mother (that’s me!). I saw these questions in the mumsy meme post on blue milk and she got them from Out of the mouths of… on Wallaby. [...]
by phdinparenting on October 25, 2009
Since I started my blog, I’ve been calling my kids “our daughter” and “our son”. While I don’t want to use their real names on the blog, I wanted them to have online names to help make the descriptions of them less impersonal. They have also expressed interest in being able to post here from [...]