Category: Life Event
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‘I’m no supermom and I’m okay with that’
Amanda Spohr was convinced she was going to be the perfect mother. Needless to say, she set herself up for failure. She explains how she came to terms with this.
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Fix parenting screw-ups like so
Apologising to your child is no easy task – especially when you might have scarred him for life. That’s why Sam Wilson invented the Therapy Jar.
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New baby, jealous sibling, grumpy cat.
Kagiso Msimango came up with innovative ways to prepare her firstborn for the arrival of a sibling. The cat, on the other hand, was a different story…
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Playing it safe
She laughed in the face of danger when she was younger, says Letitia Watson. Two kids later, she’ll think twice before boarding a ship full of illegal immigrants on the Malaysian coast.
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What Spiderman can teach us about parenting
Teboho Monyamane and Sarah Rice chat about finding Peter Parker… When Spiderman isn’t all there is…
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The single parents’ survival guide
It can be a jungle out there for moms and dads going it alone, says Liana Meadon. Here’s how she made it out alive.
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How to be fab at being a dad, without turning into a wuss
It takes a real man to roll up his sleeves and change a nappy, says Paul Kerton, bravely volunteering for the job.
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How I survived being a Zombie Mom
For the new parent, sleep is a gift more precious than gold, says Mignon Keyser, who is finally able to catch a little shut-eye with two kids in tow.
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Children are weird, but parents are even weirder
Is parenthood a form of authoritarianism, or does it work best as a democracy? For Sam Wilson, it’s more like negotiated anarchy.
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15 things I wish I’d known as a young dad
Being good at parenting means learning as much from your children as they learn from you, as Alan Maguire has discovered.