Category: Life Event
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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.
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How to win big at the game of parenting
Imagine if parenting could be played like a video game. What would you need to do to win it? Alan Knott-Craig shares what he’s learned about taking it to the next level.