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Prior to having children I had a pretty reasonable memory. It wasn’t a bionic memory by any stretch of the imagination but I was capable of remembering birthdays, appointments and general tasks I’d set myself. Since having kids my memory seems to have…escaped me. I now have a different kind of memory. I can remember… [Continue Reading]
“So not fair!” cried my almost 11-year-old as she stomped to her room. I waited for the slammed door; she didn’t disappoint. The cause of my “Oh no, you don’t”, and her outcry leered from my pc screen – my name above one of my stories. I write. Have done since I was a kid… [Continue Reading]
An idle thought snuck in the other day, barely brushing the periphery of my mind. Small, seemingly innocuous, it found a place to rest, and to grow. A little at a time it stretched out, unfolding itself, taking up more and more space. Prodding, poking as though it was testing the strength of my soul…. [Continue Reading]
I have had the Toddler 2.0 for almost a year now and am about to upgrade to the 3.0 so it’s definitely time to share my thoughts on the 2.0 model. The tantrum feature in my particular model was not as full on as I had anticipated by reading other reviews on similar products. It… [Continue Reading]
Munchkin is now two. That means I have been a mother for over two years. Everyday. Even those days I didn’t spend with him, I was still a mother, still his mother. That is over 730 days, over 17,600 hours of mothering. That must mean I’m an expert*. An expert mother. I must share my… [Continue Reading]
THAT’S NAUGHNIES MUM! GO WOOM! “I’m naughty?” I ask my two-and-a-half year old daughter Jordan. “Yes mum!” she says. “What did I do?” I ask. “Don’t frow pen, mum,” Jordan says whilst pointing her index finger at me. “Go woom”. Go woom?! She’s sending me to her room? I haven’t been sent to ANY room… [Continue Reading]
Do you think gaming consoles are evil? I ask this because my four year old (nearly five now) has really taken to it in the last month or so. So much so that if I left him alone, he would play it from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep…. [Continue Reading]
Free TV Australia has launched a new initiative to inform customers about a feature available on most digital TVs that gives parents and guardians greater control of their children’s television viewing options. The Parent Lock allows viewers to block access to programs based on their classification, and in some cases block access to entire channels,… [Continue Reading]
Each day teenagers and pre-teens around the world are posting disturbing content and photos on their Facebook pages. Is your child one of them? Facebook recently announced plans to allow children under the age of 13 (the current official age limit) to become members of their site. Facebook says opening up membership to younger children… [Continue Reading]
