It is easy, as a parent, to become dazzled and then disappointed by grand plans, to feel guilty about our supposed lack of achievements or depressed about long days in which nothing much seemed to happen. We live in a culture that celebrates the big, the grand, the fancy, the over the top, the larger […]
Me-time, taking a break from your children and doing something just for yourself, is something I often here parents speaking of wistfully. It is something I’ve been known to speak of wistfully. But in my opinion, me-time can be a dangerous obsession. Let me be clear here, I don’t mean that you shouldn’t have any […]
Parenting is a 24/7 job and you can’t be at your best 24/7. I know that I am capable of providing my toddler with a day filled with a whirlwind of enriching and stimulating activities and outings, while simultaneously keeping my household running, encouraging her emotional development and responding to any challenges along the way […]