Tag: kids
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Lessons in liking and loving, from a cat called Catdog
Cats and little humans don’t always get along, but that doesn’t mean they can’t learn to secretly fall in love with each other, writes mom-in-progress Kagiso Msimango Thing 1 recently asked me the difference between “I like you” and “I love you”. I found my explanation wanting. Then Thing 2 and the cat delivered some…
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The upsides to being an “older” dad
I admit that I am grateful our children came when I was in my 40s, because nothing was ready or settled in me ten or fifteen years earlier. Our kids met an older couple, with less to prove and more to preserve. We went through our trials and tribulations, challenges and crises. These added to…
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#MusicMonday – Songs ruined by our kids
At some point or another, any parent will find him- or herself in a scenario where a child gets hooked on an annoying song, or a song that seemed nice in the beginning, but was ruined by the child, who can’t stop listening to it.
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Lessons from an amateur husband
A conversation with Stuart Taylor, everyone’s favourite spouse around the house