Category: Starting a Family
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The three parenting life-lessons I learned from my rescue mutt
Sometimes, advice on how to best bring up your kids can come from the most unlikely source – a faithful friend who serves also as a role model.
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“I’ve seen the inside of hell”: SA changemaker Catherine Constantinides on coping with change & overcoming trauma
Today she is one of South Africa’s foremost young leaders, an Archbishop Tutu African Oxford Fellow and a Mandela Washington Fellow, travelling the globe to call for action on human rights, climate change, and the empowerment of women and children.
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A room full of planets for the little boy who’s coming back home
For the first time since giving birth to our son, almost seven years ago, we are becoming “full-time” parents.
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My difficult, but not impossible, mission to be a mom
Why I’m giving the future me the best chance at motherhood.
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A toddler, & now twins?! The highs & lows of my rollercoaster life
For a busy mom, anxiety and gratitude are flip-sides of the same coin.
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The delicate art of surviving Christmas with a teenager in tow
What do you do when the family Yule is no longer cool?
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Life changes for the better when you play it as a game
It’s even more fun if you make up the rules as you go along.
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The magic secret to letting your kids do as they please
Why free will doesn’t mean freedom from consequences.
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How we’re dividing the labour as we get ready to welcome our twins
The aches, joys, and round-the-clock routines of a doubly expectant mom-and-dad duo.
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I’m learning what it means to be a brand-new “smom”, & I’m loving it
Being a step-mother, or smom, as the cool kids call it, means having to adapt quickly to change and chaos.