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 →
Category Archives: Attitude
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 →
Helping your child see themselves through God’s eyes
A friend was recently sharing how her daughters came home from school that day and they were in terrible moods. One was upset that she had been left out of Continue Reading →
The right environment
Last week our ducted heating unit broke. We have had to replace the whole unit as there were some massive cracks in the heating exchange causing carbon monoxide to be Continue Reading →
Thinking outside the Square
Sometimes in our parenting role, we need to look at things a bit differently. We may be at a point where one child is frustrating us, or a child may Continue Reading →