Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
People watching is a fun time-passing activity that I liked to engage in. It’s right up there as one of my favourite hobbies (standing proudly alongside Bingo, sleeping and app-hunting) and because I’m always open to learning about human behaviour through...
Education, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
I know every Mum laments the all-too quick passing of years, but seriously, last week in one sudden swoop my first born turned 16 and became a learner driver. These two milestones combined to prove a slap of reality for this Mum who, despite being cough …. shhhh...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Technology, Whatever
There’s a whole new generation of kids growing up with their very own lingo and it’s called Text Speak. If you’re not acquainted with it, you could surely be forgiven for wondering what foreign speaking planet you were on. I work with teens, have two...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
Teenagers are impulsive creatures by nature and often don’t invest enough time in considering a situation and weighing up the available range of options before making their decision to act. Being a teen can be hard, so can being the parent of one. Sometimes your...
Family, Parenting Perspective, Whatever
It’s really a sign of the times, isn’t it? I’m sure you’ve seen it … groups of young people in a social setting (using the term ‘social’ loosely here) where they are physically together but appear alone, each in a world of...
