Top Ten Christmas Sanity Survival Tips
As we enter into this Christmas season, how are you feeling? What is your reaction at the moment to the thought of Christmas? Are you filled with peace at the Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Attitude
Responding as a Family to Racism
Jane Elliott (American schoolteacher and Anti-racism activist) says “People who are racist are not stupid, they’re ignorant. And the answer to ignorance is education.” I personally believe that how we Continue Reading →
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
A mum of teenage boys was recently sharing with my daughter and me how her son had turned up at home with a mullet. During the holidays, him and his Continue Reading →
Kids wanting your attention
On holidays recently, my gaze was drawn to a family nearby. Mum, standing, was on the phone, cradling her newborn. Dad was sitting over the other side of the restaurant Continue Reading →
Pull the Weeds Early
This morning as I was hanging out the washing, I glanced down briefly and noticed a small weed pushing itself out of the icy ground. My first thought was that Continue Reading →
My 2017 Christmas Sanity Survival Checklist
Every year I find late November & early December can be extremely busy and stressful if I let it be. Not only is there the end of year dance concerts, Continue Reading →
The (Not So) Perfect Christmas Tree
Matey (nearly 12) decorated the tree this last week. We had to sell some furniture and clean up the lounge before we could put up the Christmas tree as there Continue Reading →
Helping our kids through stressful times.
I can remember when we had bought another house before our old house had sold. We were under a lot of financial pressure and emotions were taut. We had a Continue Reading →
Combating Entitlement
We were outdoors with a group of parents the other evening, engrossed in an activity, when one parent suddenly expressed her frustration that her child wanted to buy an icy Continue Reading →
Changing negative attitudes
A few weeks ago I was driving my daughter (13) to her early morning swimming squad training. Normally at 5.30am we are both not naturally talkative. This morning was different. Continue Reading →